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A cold-painted vessel with a square foot, a widely curved body, and a square top with a pointed lid. The base color is black with a swirling pattern on it that is colored light blue, yellow, and purple. There is white along the top lip.

Covered Square 'Fanghu' Storage Jar with Scrolling-Cloud Decor and Simulated Ring-Mask Handles

Chinese

Cold-painted funerary ware: light gray earthenware with decoration cold-painted in polychrome pigments on a blackened ground

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

Vessels