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Professor Jia and her students build and fire a pit kiln.

Thrown and assembled teapot. This red-ocher teapot has a squared foot with a rounded, bulbous body. The lid overhangs the pot and has an attached knob. The loop handle attaches high on the shoulder. The short, narrow spout is attached by an much…

This round vessel has a prominent lip at the small opening of the neck. Overall the surface is golden with extensive dark brown dripping on the neck and shoulders. There is a large pale spot on the underside of the belly.

Blue Salt-glazed cup. Thrown and altered, the cup has a slight ridge running horizontally around the center of the exterior. It also has small vertical scoring extending just past the ridge at about the quarter marks. The interior and foot are glazed…

Blackish salt glaze teapot. The teapot has a large looping handle and an overall hourglass shape. Thrown and altered, the lid fits snugly into the body of the teapot and has a symmetrical, dome-shaped knob. The arched spout has a modified opening.…

This hand-built, red triangular box has diagonal linear incising over both the lid and body. The lid fits seamlessly on the three footed body. The piece is heavy for its size and has a signature stamp low on the side.

This thrown and altered stoneware vessel is shaped like a smoothly rounded river rock. It has a very small offcenter opening and balances on a small flat spot. The surface is unglazed and buff colored with a black interior. There is a signture on the…

This small, thrown and altered, stoneware rock form vessel is decorated in black slip. It has simple, white, graphic lines carved into the surface and circling the off-center opening of the vessel. There is a a signature and an artist's mark on the…

(3) Rock form vessels, the largest is glazed black with manganese, one is tan and slightly squared, the smallest one is gray with a linear white decoration around the opening. These thrown and altered stoneware forms are typical of Shaner's highly…

This stoneware vessel is shaped like a smoothly rounded river rock. It has a very small offcenter opening and balances on a small flat spot. The surface is dark with glossy black manganese glaze markings. There is a signature carved on the bottom and…