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Although this porcelain bowl appears at first glance to be relatively modest, in the ninth century it was the most technically advanced ceramic in the world. Similar bowls, traded to centers such as the Abbasid court in Baghdad, were described in early Islamic poetry as having the luster of a pearl or of the moon.
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唐 白瓷碗
Title: Bowl
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: 9th century
Culture: China
Medium: Stoneware with white slip and glaze
Dimensions: Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Stein, 1980
Object Number: 1980.365
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