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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
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Han dynasty 206 BCE - 220 CE
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China
Qin dynasty 221 - 206 BCE → China - Date
- late 3rd century BCE-1st century BCE
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- 12.5 cm diam. of mouth; 27.0 x 33.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Elisabeth M Smith 2002
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 293.2002
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About
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.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Open Studio (brick vase clay cup jug), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jul 2023–07 Jan 2024