Lot Essay
A similar black pottery hu with molded taotie handles is published in Kandai no Bijutsu (Art of the Han Dynasty), Osaka Municipal Art Museum, 1974, p. 4, no. 1-29.
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A Large Black Pottery Hu
LATE WARRING STATES/EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
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A Large Black Pottery Hu
Late Warring States/Early Western Han dynasty
The tall, slightly waisted foot and the top of the shoulder impressed with dogtooth bands and the tapering neck impressed with bands of foliate medallions above and below two bowstring bands, the everted mouth rim with beveled edge, the black surface burnished overall
197/8in. (50.5cm.) high
Late Warring States/Early Western Han dynasty
The tall, slightly waisted foot and the top of the shoulder impressed with dogtooth bands and the tapering neck impressed with bands of foliate medallions above and below two bowstring bands, the everted mouth rim with beveled edge, the black surface burnished overall
197/8in. (50.5cm.) high