Jar with four loop-handles

Evolving from Western Jin prototypes (compare cat. no. 99), jars of the Eastern Jin display a noticeable change in shape. The shoulder has become narrower, the body less curved, and the mouth larger in diameter. Instead of an extensive use of incised decoration, potters began to use grooved bands and brown spots to adorn their jars. This round-bodied piece features eight spots of overglaze brown on the rim and four looped handles placed horizontally on the vessel's shoulder. Also during the Eastern Jin, jars of this type began to be widely distributed, beyond Jiangsu-Zhejian (KG 1988.7: pl. 4; KG 1963.2: pl. 10), their central site of manufacture, into Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Guangdong, and Guangxi.