Art Institute of Chicago
Cocoon-Shaped Flask (Jianxinghu)
China, probably Shaanxi or Hunan province
- Date
- Qin or early Western Han dynasty, late 3rd or 2nd century BCE
- Medium
- Buff earthenware with polychrome pigments
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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