Two Small Jars. Jars such as these usually have a geometrical shape with the elegant lines of the swirling curvilinear pattern decorating the body as a striking detail. The jars were quite often painted while b More
Eivormige pot op hoge, spreidende voet van aardewerk met een brede, uitlopende hals, beschilderd in rood. Op de buik een spiraalpatroon met dunne lijnen; op de schouder een smalle band met drie golvende lijnen. More
Two Jars. At the beginning of the 20th century, the former collector of these jars, Francois Bourdrez (1901-1939), worked as a water engineer for the Chinese government. He drowned in 1939 while surveying the n More
Shortly before the Han period (206 BC–AD 220), the idea developed that the hereafter was a reflection of life on earth. People therefore needed the same things in the period immediately after their death as the More
Two Small Jars. Jars such as these usually have a geometrical shape with the elegant lines of the swirling curvilinear pattern decorating the body as a striking detail. The jars were quite often painted while b More