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Large round vase

Large round vase

206 B.C.-A.D. 8

Western Han funerary vessels like this one functioned as substitutes or alternatives to precious bronzes and lacquers for interment in tombs. They not only made burial goods more affordable to a larger segment of society, but also embodied a definitive demarcation between the living and the dead, since earthenware vessels of this kind did not serve a practical function in real life.



Earthenware with decoration in red, white, lime-green on white slip
20 x 7 1/2 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
37.1
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics, Sept. 7 - Nov. 19, 2002.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct.13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012.

Published ReferencesYiu, Josh. A Fuller View of China: Chinese Art in the Seattle Art Museum, in association with A Fuller View of China, Japan, and Korea. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, in association with University of Washington Press, 2014; pp. 8-9, reproduced.

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