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Cocoon-Form Jar with Later Decoration

2nd century BCE original, repainted late 20th century

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Cocoon-Form Jar with Later Decoration

Cocoon-Form Jar with Later Decoration

Cocoon-Form Jar with Later Decoration

2nd century BCE original, repainted late 20th century

Physical Qualities Earthenware repainted with unfired pigments, 9 1/2 x 11 x 6 3/4 in. (24 x 28 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number 1992.212
The taut profile of the jar is characteristic of the Western Han while the colorfully repainted surface illustrates a late 20th century attempt to recreate the original, fugitive unfired decoration.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1992; Andrew Kahane, Ltd., New York
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Chinese Mortuary Ceramics from the Collection," December 2008-December 2009.
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