Covered Jar with Attached Handles

Unidentified Western Han Dynasty maker, Chinese, 206 BCE - 9 CE

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Western Han Dynasty, 202 BCE-9 CE

Bronze

Overall: 5 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (14.3 × 11.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill

M.981.152

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Vessel

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

CHIN 52, Readings in Classical Chinese: Daoist Philosophical Texts, Sarah Allan, Spring 2015

Provenance

Collected by Genevieve Carpenter Hill (1902-1984), Charlotte, Vermont between 1921-1981; given to present collection, 1981.

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