Hill Jar Lid

48-2-18

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 48-2-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Han Dynasty
Date Made Han Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Ceramic
Technique Fired | Glazed
Iconography Animals
Description

Hill jar cover. Pottery with green glazed exterior and dark reddish interior. Relief: animals in mountains. Formerly catalogued with jar 48-2-17, but does not belong to it.

Height 14.9 cm
Outside Diameter 22.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 479 - Hilprecht Number | L-2-330 B - Old Loan Number

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