Jar with flaring mouth and two loop-ears

The zhadou ("waste pot") had been popular among southern celadons from the third century. Before the tenth century the shape was consistently formed with a rounded body and earless, widely flaring lip. Changes appeared in the eleventh century as more shapes began to be introduced. The two-colored glazes echo Song brown and yellow or brown and green polychrome tones. The thick, coarse body speaks of this work's northern origins. With insufficient materials of the same type existing, this piece raises interest which demands further study.