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Tripod covered jar (pou) with taotie mask handles
Tripod covered jar (pou) with taotie mask handles

Tripod covered jar (pou) with taotie mask handles

Date2nd or 1st century BC
MediumAsh-glazed stoneware
DimensionsHeight: 11 1/8 inches (28.3 cm);
Diameter: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
CultureChina, Zhejiang or Jiangsu province
PeriodWestern Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of F. Eunice Shatzman, Class of 1949, and Herbert F. Shatzman
Terms
  • Ceramics
  • Chinese
  • Ash-glazed stoneware
  • Handles
Object number2008.072.027
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