Chinese bowl with an animal headed handle

An image of Bowl shaped earthenware cooking vessel with an animal headed handle. The vessel is covered in a yellow green glaze, except for the sculptured ring foot with a slightly concaved base. Very fine terracotta coloured biscuit. Chips are missing from the mouth rim and body. Broken spurs (from other vessels during the firing process) adher to the lower body. Earthenware, glazed, height 8.5 cm, diameter 16.5 cm. Han Dynasty (BC 206 - AD 220). Chinese.

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Bowl shaped earthenware cooking vessel with an animal headed handle. The vessel is covered in a yellow green glaze, except for the sculptured ring foot with a slightly concaved base. Very fine terracotta coloured biscuit. Chips are missing from the mouth rim and body. Broken spurs (from other vessels during the firing process) adher to the lower body. Earthenware, glazed, height 8.5 cm, diameter 16.5 cm. Han Dynasty (BC 206 - AD 220). Chinese.

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Accession Number: C.8-1933
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 446.25kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2012:09:05 10:51:18

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animals bowl Chinese cooking earthenware Fitz_AA glazed green Han Dynasty handle handled pottery vessel

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