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Jar (Labakou Hu)

1st century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 207

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Object Information
  • 西漢 模印紋青瓷罐
  • Title: Jar (Labakou Hu)
  • Period: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE)
  • Date: 1st century BCE
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Earthenware with brown-green glaze and raised decoration
  • Dimensions: H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Richard E. Linburn Gift, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.15
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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