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- Yuezhou Celadon Ewer
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Important Cultural Property
Yuezhou Celadon Ewer
- Museum No.
- GK161
Photo No：60-1579
Color type：Color
| Title | Yuezhou Celadon Ewer |
|---|---|
| Designation | Important Cultural Property |
| Artist | |
| Category | Ceramics (G), Chinese Ceramics |
| Country | China |
| Period | Five Dynasties |
| Century | 10th |
| Year | |
| Quantity | |
| Materials | porcelain with celadon glaze |
| Dimensions | Height 21.8cm Base diameter 8cm Mouth diameter 9.5cm |
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This Chinese ewer, in perfect condition, was owned by one of Japan’s leading aristocratic clans, the Fujiwara, over a millennium ago. It was later excavated from an Uji tea field located on the site of the Fujiwara family burial temple, built in 1005. By that time, the importation of Chinese goods had slowed—Japan stopped sending envoys to Tang China in 894. This celadon ewer must have been a precious heirloom buried in the family tomb.
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