Jar with two loop handles

Jars with two small handles continued to be primary productions in the north since the Tang period. By the time of the Yuan dynasty, these jars were formed with a short neck and rounded lip with two small loop handles on either a rounded, a straight, or a tapered belly. They were usually decorated with jun glaze (CGK Zenshu 1983 vol. 9: pl. 43; National Palace Mus. 1961 vol. chun ware: pl. 44). The purple symmetrical splashes were innovatively matched with loose crackles on the body. Linru of Henan was one of the locations producing jun and celadon glazed types during the Yuan dynasty (WW 1964.8: 21; Henan Inst. 1991: fig. 120).