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Large Cocoon-shaped jar with cloud-scroll design, Han Dynasty

$2,590

£1,956.87

€2,241.98

CA$3,613.89

A$3,938.96

CHF 2,082.49

MX$47,417.55

NOK 26,432

SEK 24,232.74

DKK 16,747.69

About the Item

This jar would have served as a mortuary object (mingqi), placed in a tomb as a substitute for the more valuable bronze and lacquer vessels used in daily life. Along with a variety of other funerary earthenware objects, attendant figures, and animals, richly decorated vessels of this kind were intended to serve the spirit of the deceased in the afterlife. The silk industry, dating back to the third millennium B.C., was a principal source of wealth for the Chinese economy during the Han dynasty. The distinctive, plump ovoid form of this jar imitates the silkworm’s cocoon. The drifting cloud-scroll (yunwen) motif, which flanks a central vertical panel of diamond-shaped lozenges, is evocative of the celestial realms of a Taoist immortal paradise. During the reign of the Han emperor Wudi (140–87 B.C.), fascination with the idea of the celestial journey and the Taoist search for immortality reached a climax and gave tangible definition to the ethereal decoration of painted earthenware vessels such as this. Period : Han dynasty Type : Earthenware with painted polychrome decoration Medium : Earthenware Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s from Hongkong dealer Reference : THE MET Accession Number: 1994.605.31

Dimensions:
Height: 13.78 in (35 cm)Diameter: 15.36 in (39 cm)
Style:
Han (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Pottery,Glazed
Place of Origin:
Hong Kong
Period:
15th Century and Earlier
Date of Manufacture:
206 BC - 220 AD
Condition:
Minor fading.
Seller Location:
seoul, KR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU9577240059522

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