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Chapter 6. Glazed and Unglazed Storage Vessels in the Musi River































            Figure 235.  Jars, short spouts, heights 19.5 to 30 cm, Guangdong Province, C9–C10, from the Musi River, Pusri site. Catalogue
                      Nos L to R: K2622, K2245, K2626.

































                                                               Figure 237.  Jar (lid missing), height 19 cm, Tang Dynasty, Henan
                                                                         Province, Gongxian (Gonyi) kilns, C9–C10, from
                                                                         the Musi River. Catalogue K934.


                                                               K2624, K2650, K2651), each with four lugs were found in
                                                               the Musi (Figure 244). They were plain, except two had
                                                               incised wavy lines around, or just below, the waist. They
            Figure 236.  Jar, height 55.2 cm, Tang to Northern Song Dynasty,   were glazed with a watery autumn brown, dark brown
                      Guangdong Province, C9–C10, from the Musi River.
                      Catalogue No. K2612.                     or pale celadon degraded glaze over a pale slip dripped
                                                               on much of the grey or pale pinkish body. K1809, K1900
                                                               & K2650 were stamped between lugs. They were made
            on the shoulder of one side. It was probably produced   during the late-Song or Yuan Dynasties, probably in
            during the Southern Song Dynasty in South China.   Guangdong Province.
               A further seven moderate sized (33 to 40 cm high),   One moderately tall (42 cm high) undecorated golden
            more robust storage jars (K1655, K1809, K1900, K2621,   brown glazed jar had a concave base, wide and rolled

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