Unpainted Small Jar

Han Dynasty jar with fine chequered patterns, the mouth is flat, the rim is decorated with cloud and thunder patterns, the middle is decorated with a ring, and the shoulders are decorated with two convex carved beasts. The belly side of the jar is decorated with figures in relief, the opposite side is inscribed with the characters Made in the third year of Chien Chao (36 BCE). The bottom is smooth, the soil is dark, and the body is covered with loess. The shape is exquisite and simple and elegant

Belly Ceramics Chao Chequered Chien Convex Exquisite Loess Opposite Soil Thunder Unpainted

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