Jar
Chinese
Description
Subject Matter:
This brown stoneware guan (罐) storage jar has a shape and green glaze in imitation of bronze forms. The two lug handles were probably used to tie down and secure a lid. These types of jars were made in abundance as funerary storage vessels to supply for the afterlife and have been found in the tombs of both middle and elite classes of Han citizens.
Physical Description:
Brown stoneware jar with bulbous body, narrow mouth with wide straight rim, on a flat base. Jar has two animal mask lug handles on opposing shoulders. The upper half is covered in a gray- green ash glaze.
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