Four-handled jar

Vaso de quatro pegas

Stoneware, glazed, phosphatic splashes Duandian kiln Lushan, Henan Tang dynasty, 8th or 9th c. Inv. CFC.1

Jar

It was not until the appearance of phosphatic-splashed wares, like the splendid example here, that the notion of freestyle decoration was transferred to ceramics for daily use, and these wares inspired several later ceramic types.