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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF LARGE PAINTED GREY POTTERY JARS AND COVERS, HU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Details
A PAIR OF LARGE PAINTED GREY POTTERY JARS AND COVERS, HU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Each raised on a tall, splayed pedestal foot and molded around the bulbous body with two pairs of bow string bands, the uppermost register divided by a pair of taotie masks, beneath archaistic scrolls framed within upright blades painted in red and lavender on the neck, the design repeated on the domed covers, all reserved on the greyish-black body
22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm.) high (2)
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Each raised on a tall, splayed pedestal foot and molded around the bulbous body with two pairs of bow string bands, the uppermost register divided by a pair of taotie masks, beneath archaistic scrolls framed within upright blades painted in red and lavender on the neck, the design repeated on the domed covers, all reserved on the greyish-black body
22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired in New York in 1992.
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