Han Dynasty Painted Earthenware Funerary Vase

AGE: – Han Dynasty 202 BC – AD220
CONSTRUCTION: – Earthenware
HEIGHT: – 48cm
BASE DIAMETER:– 19cm
WEIGHT:– 5.4 Kg.
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This is an impressive and beautiful Han Dynasty Painted Earthenware Funerary Vase referred to as “Ming qi”, meaning objects that are placed in a Chinese burial chamber with a deceased person to accompany them into the afterlife, giving the departed soul a sense of familiarity with that which he was accustomed to in his living existence.
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