A large green-glazed tripod vessel, Han dynasty | 漢　綠釉神獸紋樽

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Japanese wood box w. 28.5 cm 來源 浦上蒼穹堂，東京 展覽 《The International Asian Art Fair》，紐約，2004年 出版 《浦上蒼穹堂30周年記念》，浦上蒼穹堂，東京，2009年，頁116 This lead-glazed Han dynasty jar is modelled after contemporaneous bronze zun wine vessels. Of cylindrical form, it is adorned with animated mythical beasts clambering across the surface, raised on three animal-form feet and applied with relief mask handles at the sides. A gilt-bronze example with a Boshan-style mountain lid is preserved in the Taipei Palace Museum, acc. no. gutong-2044, illustrating the original form of the type.

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