China Then and Now

Han dynasty jar

Han dynasty jar
2012.91.41, stoneware jar; Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D.220)
Eason Eige Collection; photo by B. Bernard.

A jar such as this one, with no traces of paint or other decoration, must have been strickly utilitarian. The jar is 10 inches (25 cm) tall and 11 1/2 inches (29 cm) in diameter.


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