This impressive pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a fine-grained pottery that has been elaborately "cold painted" in unusually elaborate patterns using red, reddish-brown, white and blue pigments, blue being a particularly rare pigment. On the flat base is a purposely incised triangle pattern, presumably the mark of the potter.

Height 34.5 cm (13.5 inches). There is a chip to the rim and some surface wear but no repair or restoration; a fine example of Han Dynasty painted pottery in fine condition.

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