jar (containers)

Jar of globular form with long neck and everted rim, round sides tapered to splayed foot and flat base. The body is of grey earthenware with traces of painted decoration in red and white pigment. Three incised rings around shoulder. Wheel thrown. This jar is an imitation of ritual bronzeware of an earlier period and would have been used as a ritual vessel buried in a Han tomb.

This jar is an imitation of ritual bronze ware of an early period and would have been used as a ritual vessel buried as grave goods in a Han tomb.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
27.10.54/6
Date
Western Han Dynasty
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 322 mm x 224 m
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
earthenware; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Archaeology
LOCATION
In storage
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