WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A LARGE PAINTED DARK GREY POTTERY JAR AND COVER, HU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The bulbous body is applied with a pair of molded taotie mask handles and three raised bands painted a yellowish ochre color that border bands of painted sweeping cloud scrolls below further scrolls and inverted blades on the reel-shaped neck. The domed cover is painted en suite.
21¾ in. (55.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co., Inc. Oriental Art, Part 1; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 24-27 May 1944, lot 83.
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.

Literature

The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 50-51.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar jar and cover, of comparable height (23 in.), in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco illustrated by He Li in Chinese Ceramics, A New Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, p. 70, no. 53. Jars of this type were made in imitation of painted black lacquer prototypes that were encircled by metal bands and had metal mounts at the mouth and foot rims.

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