Lot Essay
Two painted pottery steamers of Han date were included in the exhibition, Spirit of Han, Ceramics for the After-Life, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1991, Catalogue, nos. 27 and 28
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A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY TRIPOD TWO-PART STEAMER
HAN DYNASTY
The lower section with a compressed body raised on three cabriole supports, the shoulder decorated in orangey-red with a wide band of scrolls set between a flange projecting from mid-body and the short neck of the small mouth, both painted in pale turquoise, fitted with a similarly decorated bowl with ring foot and everted rim, cut through the floor of the bowl with five slits which act as steam vents, the bowl converting to a cover for the lower section when inverted
7¾in. (19.7cm.) high, boxes
HAN DYNASTY
The lower section with a compressed body raised on three cabriole supports, the shoulder decorated in orangey-red with a wide band of scrolls set between a flange projecting from mid-body and the short neck of the small mouth, both painted in pale turquoise, fitted with a similarly decorated bowl with ring foot and everted rim, cut through the floor of the bowl with five slits which act as steam vents, the bowl converting to a cover for the lower section when inverted
7¾in. (19.7cm.) high, boxes