Jar
The inscription reading xin guan, or “new official ware,” carved into the bottom of this small jar indicates that it was produced for use at one of the many competing courts in north China during the tumultuous tenth century. In addition to use at the court, wares of this type, produced primarily in Hebei Province, were traded to Southeast Asia, the Islamic world, and Africa.
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