An oblong shaped vessel with a small, flat foot and a narrow flared top lip. The entire piece has a vertical pattern of red stripes, pink stripes, and large white and pink swirls.

Cocoon shaped jar

Chinese

Oblong horizontal vessel with body resembling the shape of a silkworm cocoon; short cylindrical neck and everted mouth rim at top center; elliptical body resting on circular, slightly splayed pedestal foot; medium gray earthenware with geometric designs cold-painted in unfired white, green, orange, and dark red pigments.

Gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments

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

Vessels