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Funerary model of a well head

Funerary model of a well head

Chinese

Jar like container with flared mouth, wide, compressed body on a flat base, circular openings below the rim, and high-relief geometric decoration perhaps simulating rope; buff stoneware with yellow green glaze over applique molded and incised decoration. Excavated funerary models of water wells resembling the structure and decoration of this piece indicate it was likely a representation of a well head to furnish a tomb.

Stoneware with yellow-green celadon glaze

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

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