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Unknown Artist
- Title
- Flask with painted decoration
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
-
Han dynasty 206 BCE - 220 CE →
China
Qin dynasty 221 - 206 BCE → China - Year
- late 3 BCE-1 BCE
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware
- Dimensions
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27.0 x 33.0cm; 12.5 diameter of rim
- Credit
- Gift of Elisabeth M.Smith 2002
- Accession number
- 293.2002
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The dramatically shaped flask is decorated on the exterior in white and brown pigments with linear and 'yunqi' (vapour) patterns. It is most popularly known as 'canjian hu' or silkworm cocoon-shaped flask, popular during the Qin-Western Han dynasty.'
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 15 October 2002.
