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Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian) with domed cover

Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian) with domed cover

Chinese

Cylindrical tripod vessel with legs in the form of crouching bears and domed cover with simulated double-ring handles on top; molded decoration of hunters pursuing animals on the vessel sides; red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze; the underside of the vessel and cover with some glaze overflow. One of a set of eight funerary vessels (2006.170.192-199).

Earthenware with green lead glaze

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

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