Cocoon-Shaped Flask (Jianxinghu)

Qin or early Western Han dynasty, late 3rd/2nd century B.C.

China, probably Shaanxi or Hunan province

Status: On View, Gallery 133
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Cocoon-Shaped Flask (Jianxinghu)
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date: 206 BCE–9 CE
Medium: Buff earthenware with polychrome pigments
Dimensions: 31 × 26 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Cathay and Joyce Li in memory of James W. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1992.638
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