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Covered tripod jar

Covered tripod jar

Chinese

Compressed globular jar with two loop handles and three flanged feet; cover slightly domed with loop knob at center and side walls slightly splayed, creating a bell-like silhouette; gray earthenware with three bands of incised horizontal lines encircling the body and abstract decorative patterns impressed between the upper bands and on the lid.

Earthenware with impressed decoration

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

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