HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Details

A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A WELL HEAD
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Modeled as a deep well applied with a water jug on one side of the rim adjacent to the tall arch, where two birds rest on either side below a third sitting on the pulley housing, covered all over in a green glaze
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 2000.
Bareiss collection.

Lot Essay

The birds on the superstructure of the present lot are a rare feature which appears to be previously unrecorded. Compare the simpler models of wells with water jugs, although lacking birds, included in the special exhibition organized by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society held at the National Museum in Singapore and illustrated in Spirit of Han, 1991, nos. 192-3.

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