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EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
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A Green-Glazed Red Pottery Model of a Well Head
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
Hollow-modeled, the upper body of square section molded in high relief on each side with one of the animals of the four directions, the dragon, a pair of phoenix, the tiger and the snake and the tortoise, between flat protruding rims of crossed beams, raised on a lower body of slightly waisted, columnar form rising from a flat base, covered in a dark green glaze
10in. (25.4cm.) high, stand
Falk Collection no. 45.
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
Hollow-modeled, the upper body of square section molded in high relief on each side with one of the animals of the four directions, the dragon, a pair of phoenix, the tiger and the snake and the tortoise, between flat protruding rims of crossed beams, raised on a lower body of slightly waisted, columnar form rising from a flat base, covered in a dark green glaze
10in. (25.4cm.) high, stand
Falk Collection no. 45.