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Unidentified large storage jar
This jar must have stood over 500 mm high with a body diameter of about 500 mm. No exact parallels have been
found,butitissimilartojarsthathadamouldedloop-shapedhandle appliedtothesideofthejar,oftenwithacartouche containing a European house-mark enclosed below, suggesting a European origin for the kilns. This particular type of jar is discussed by Ashdown {I 972) who suggests an Iberian or north Italian origin. The body is a fine reddish-brown, and is quite soft, suggesting earthenware or proto·stoneware. The fragments are very eroded and no glaze is evident.
BA T 2416 (SCALE 1:4)
Unidentified stoneware jar
This is possibly the fragment of a base of a storage jar from a kiln-site somewhere in China, probably in the south.
This type ofjar had small horizontal strap handles around the neck. The body of this particular example is a fine white- buff, high-rued stoneware.
BAT 2562
ISI