Tripod cylindrical jar with design of stylized birds
Date1st century BC
MediumAsh-glazed stoneware
DimensionsHeight: 6 5/8 inches (16.8 cm);
Diameter: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Diameter: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
CultureChina, Zhejiang province
PeriodLate Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of F. Eunice Shatzman, Class of 1949, and Herbert F. Shatzman
Terms
- Ceramics
- Ash-glazed stoneware
- Animals
- Birds
- Chinese
Object number2008.072.029
Collections
1st century BC
2nd or 1st century BC
5th or 4th century BC
1st century BC
5th or 4th century BC
2nd or 1st century BC
5th or 6th century
Yasuhiro Kohara
Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8)