EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)

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A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY HU
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
The robust pear-shaped body encircled by a double bow-string band overlaid on two sides by a pair of mask and fixed-ring handles, below a triple ribbed band at the base of the waisted neck and galleried rim, covered with a green glaze now degraded to an overall silvery iridescence
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For an example of a similar hu, see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, p. 67, no. 80. A similar vessel with a cover is illustrated by d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, p. 28, pl. IX-C.

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