Antique Pottery Jar

Details

Description

This large and imposing jar, of "hu" form, was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty … Read more This large and imposing jar, of "hu" form, was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a fairly high-fired grey pottery. It has a particularly wide body with a relatively short neck that flares out into a wide mouth, and quite a large foot. There are three raised bands of decoration surrounding its wide body. On opposite sides at the shoulder are elaborately detailed moulded "taotie" mask handles. This jar is complete with its cover.

The really is an impressive vessel with a height of 47 cm (18.5 inches). Good condition for its great age and size. There is a chip to the outer mouth edge next to where a section has been broken out and neatly re-stuck. See less