A green lead-glazed pottery pigs-pen,

HAN DYNASTY

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A green lead-glazed pottery pigs-pen,
Han Dynasty
The rectangular pigsty modelled with a tower-shaped shed on the right, in the centre the recumbent mother pig is feeding her suckling piglets
22cm. diam.

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This piece shows the characteristic soft lead-glaze of much Han funerary pottery, which is of a type also used in Western Asia.

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