A large burnished black amphora,

HAN DYNASTY

細節

A large burnished black amphora,
Han Dynasty
The slightly waisted neck with hatching and the body with four spirals in low relief, broad flat handles rising from the body to meet the outward curve of the everetd rim
22cm. high

拍品專文

Black pottery amphorae of this shape have been produced from the Warring States period and throughout the Han Dynasty in the province of Western Sichuan. Amphorae of this type are rarely found in museums or private collections. A similar example is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meijintang Collection, vol.1, pl.65, pp.52 and 53.