Bottle with elongated, cylindrical neck
Place of OriginShandong province, China
DynastyWestern Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)
MaterialsBrown high fired ceramic with grooved and incised decoration and gray glaze
DimensionsH. 9 1/2 in x W. 6 in, H. 24.1 cm x 15.2 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB62P221
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
Not on viewDescended from a third century BC long-necked bronze shape, ceramic vessels of this form were not common among Han products. Its shape, along with the sandy clay biscuit and the thin gray-tone glaze, are alien to Jiangsu-Zhejiang glazed stoneware and to those similar bottles from Guangdong-Guangxi (Guangzhou Mus. 1981 vol. I: 209, 401). A unique find reminiscent of this piece in all respects was recovered from Wulian in Shandong, datable to the middle to late Western Han (WW 1987.9: 78, fig. 3).
approx. 317-419
approx. 1100-1200
approx. 100 BCE-100 CE
approx. 265-317
