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Chapter 4. Glazed Ceramics in the Musi River

Figure 11. Jar, four small lugs, incised curved pattern, upper body Figure 13. Wine bottle, decorated with incised fish scales, a
repaired, height 13.7 cm, Five Dynasties to Northern leaf and an eye, reconstructed, height 12.6 cm, Five
Song Dynasty, Zhejiang Province, Yue ware, C10, from Dynasties to Song, Yue ware, C10–C12, from the Musi
the Musi River, Boom Baru site. Catalogue No. K2697. River, Boom Baru site. Catalogue No. K2105.

Figure 12. Jar with lid missing, height 12.5 cm, Five Dynasties
to Northern Song, Zhejiang Province, probably
Wenzhou kilns. C7–C10, from the Musi River, Boom Figure 14. Ewer, decorated with incised lotus leaves, part of spout
Baru site. Catalogue No. K1331. repaired prior to purchase, height 16.9 cm, Late
Tang to Five Dynasties, Zhejiang Province, Yue ware,
C9–C10, from the Musi River. Catalogue No. K1279.

8-11 elongate spur marks in the inner well (K781, K827, (K778, K2492), differed from the above foliated bowls
K976, K989, K1685, K1901, K1910), as well as higher-quality in having the inside well decorated with incised ‘scratch
foliated bowls (Figure 8) with glazed bases and with faint mark’ floral and moth motif decorations. These inscribed
spur images on the basal rim of foot rings (K705, K861, bowls were probably also produced at the Shanglinhu
K1520). Two other foliated bowls, both with glazed bases, kilns during the Late-Tang Dynasty to early-north Song
one with ten and five oblong spur marks, respectively Dynasty. It would appear, then, that several of the above

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