Chinese Yixing Stoneware Covered Jar Dragon Lid Prunus Beast Handle Key Fret Border 3'H Arms & Armor In some of the pictures

In some of the pictures you can actually see the lamination lines

The kiseru is a traditional Japanese smoking pipe

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Very decorative and yet functional as bowls for precious objects

Chinese Yixing Stoneware Covered Jar Dragon Lid Prunus Beast Handle Key Fret Border 3'H Arms & Armor In some of the picturesChinese Yixing Stoneware Covered Jar Dragon Lid Prunus Beast Handle Key Fret Border 3 Inches. China Early to Mid 20th Century A neatly modeled Chinese Yixing stoneware covered jar in the characteristic unglazed grey buff clay body, decorated throughout in molded and applied relief. The domed lid carries a boldly modeled coiled dragon in high relief within a recessed roundel, with an incised character inscription below; the lid sits flush on a raised