VesselsChinese2nd-1st century BCE

Covered Square 'Fanghu' Storage Jar with Scrolling-Cloud Decor and Simulated Ring-Mask Handles

perhaps reign of Wudi, 141 BCE - 87 BCE

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Cold-painted funerary ware: light gray earthenware with decoration cold-painted in polychrome pigments on a blackened ground

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Century

2nd-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

including cover: H. 55.1 x W. 22.2 x D. 22.2 cm (21 11/16 x 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1990], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990.

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