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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Hill censer with lid
Date Made:Early 1st-3rd century CE (Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 CE)
Type:Container
Materials:Earthenware, with green glaze
Place Made:Asia; China; eastern China
Measurements:Overall: 8 in x 7 3/4 in; 20.3 cm x 19.7 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2012.40.9a-b
Credit Line:Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A cylindrical vessel on three cabriole feet covered with a green glaze that is iridescent in some areas. A hunting scene in low relief encircles the body of the vessel framed at top and bottem by raised ribs. It shows running hunters, hunters on horseback, a variety of animals and two faux ring handles. The conical lid depicts a Taoist paradise with the Central Mountain rising out of the waves.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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