Large round vase
Date206 B.C.-A.D. 8
Maker
Chinese
Label TextWestern 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.
Object number37.1
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.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions20 x 7 1/2 in.
MediumEarthenware with decoration in red, white, lime-green on white slip
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