Does the column definition tag work for you? Here is an example from the spec...
@Lob @Basic(fetch=LAZY)
@Column(name="EMP_PIC", columnDefinition="BLOB NOT NULL")
protected byte[] pic;
Does it work if you specify the size in the columnDefinition?
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