1-233-446 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

White glazed wine pot, Five Dynasties-early Northern Song dynasty, China, 10th century. A wine pot with cover, in the shape of a squat melon with a six-lobed globular body and short. There is a tapering circular spout, a three-ridged strap handle and shallow footrim covered with crackled transparent yellowish white glaze. The base is unglazed revealing a white body with iron impurities and five spur marks. The cover and mouth have four spur marks showing they were fired together, so that any warping would not prevent a fit. The cover also has a hole for threading a string for tying the cover to the handle.