A green-glazed red pottery jar, Hu
Han Dynasty
Encircled alternately with double and single grooved bands separating a pair of dog-tooth borders on the globular body and slightly flaring neck, the sides moulded with a pair of taotie mask ring handles, covered with a leaf green glaze to the exterior now almost completely altered to silvery-gold iridescence
42 cm. high
Lot Essay
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of the Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 666t56.
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