Jar with two animal-mask handles
Place of OriginJiangsu province or Zhejiang province, China
DynastyWestern Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)
MaterialsPurplish-brown high-fired ceramic with incised and grooved friezes and yellowish-green glaze
DimensionsH. 7 1/4 in x Diam. 12 1/2 in, H. 18.5 cm x Diam. 31.8 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P2198
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
Not on viewModeled after bronze pou, ceramic versions originated in the Central Plains and spread southward throughout the country during the Shang-Zhou period. Ceramic pou, executed in many local kilns, differ from each other in shape and decoration. The large animal-mask handles with sharply projecting horns placed on the shoulder of the jar are stylistically close to those found on vessels from Zhejiang and Jiangsu. The deqing kiln of Zhejiang has been identified as the site responsible for developing glazed pou during the Warring States period (KG 1989.9: 785).
approx. 100 BCE-100 CE
approx. 317-419
approx. 265-317
approx. 1100-1200
