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Globular 'Hu' Storage Jar with Cylindrical Neck, Dished Mouth, 'Pushou'-Mask Handles, and Abstract Decor

Globular 'Hu' Storage Jar with Cylindrical Neck, Dished Mouth, 'Pushou'-Mask Handles, and Abstract Decor

Chinese

Lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze over mold-impressed handles, the decoration created through the application of lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over localized areas of the caramel-brown glaze

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

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