Lobed Food Storage Jar
10th-11th century
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with white glaze over white slip, 4 1/8 H x 6 5/16 Diam. in. (10.5 x 16 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ballentine, Baltimore
Object Number
1997.272
Slip, a water-thinned and carefully processed clay, was used to coat ceramic bodies and create a relatively smooth, white surface beneath the glaze.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1997; Dr. Robert Ballentine, Baltimore (acquired by donor in early 1940's?); Ralph M. Chait, New York
Inscribed: ON BOTTOM: paper label, 'R/C / No. 6358 / CHINA'
