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A STONEWARE VESSEL, POU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

The vessel has a compressed globular shape, the rounded body turning inwards to a ridged mouth rim, applied on the sloping shoulder with rope-twist handles divided by S-shaped moulded motifs, decorated around the body with a stamped diaper pattern
11 1/2 in. (29.1 cm.) across the handles

Lot Essay

Compare with a related example with moulded scroll motif applied between the handles, included in the exhibition, Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of Chinese Celadon at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1987, illustrated by Y. Mino and K. R. Tsiang, Catalogue, no. 9.

(US$2,500-4,000)

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