Title

Han green lead glaze circular hu vase, Han dynasty, China, 202 BC-220 AD. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Han green lead glaze circular hu vase, Han dynasty, China, 202 BC-220 AD. A green lead glaze circular hu vase with fine taotie masks and ring moulded and fixed to body. There are two sets of three bands; one round the bottom of the neck and one set round the thickest part. The top has a dish shaped mouth showing the reddish body where there are four spur marks. The exterior, base and lip are covered by a fine, cracked, dark green lead glaze. The interior of part of the mouth is glazed with a brown lead glaze.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

202th century BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_164

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (673,1Kb) / 7,4in x 9,5in / 2208 x 2844 (300dpi)

Keywords

arts country China art Chinese green color colour location century vessel pottery artefact dynasty vase artifact glazed earthenware Hu Museum of East Asian Art 1st century 1st century BC 2nd century 2nd century BC 3rd century 3rd century BC Han dynasty object Unknown ceramic ceramic object