Urna. Gravfynd. Västra Handynastin.

URNA. Gravfynd. Bukig med hög vid hals. På skuldran två motsatta hänklar. Pressad dekor med kammat vågmönster runt halsens nedre del och runt buken i horisontala räfflor. Glasyren är mörkbrun, delvis grönaktig, tunn och ojämn, täckande på utsidan skuldran. Godset är grårött med ojämnheter och repor. Inköpt av Wilhelmina von Hallwyl 1923 från Orvar Karlbeck för 6,16 GBP. Högbränt stengods med enkla askglasyrer tillverkades först i södra Kina i slutet av det andra årtusendet före Kristus.Under Handynastin var keramiken och glasyrerna mycket sofistikerade och formerna efterliknade ofta samtida bronsföremål, såsom denna kruka gör. Sådana kärl kunde användas till förvaring, för de var slitstarka och vätsketäta. De kunde också begravas med sin ägare. Orvar Karlbeck uppgav att krukan grävts fram ur en grav i Gushixian i norra Anhuiprovinsen i Huaidalen. Huaifloden ligger halvvägs mellan Gula floden och Yangtze, och likt dem flyter den från väst till öst. Det var ett forntida kulturcentrum. Grey stoneware hu vase with ash glaze. Western Han dynasty, 1st century BC. High-fired grey stonewares with simple ash glazes were first made in southern China in the late second millenium BC. By the Han dynasty their potting and glazing was sophisticated, and their forms often copied contemporary bronzes, as this vase does. Such vessels could be used in life as storage containers, for they were durable and impervious to liquids. They could also be buried with their owner, and Orvar Karlbeck stated that this vase was excavated from a grave in Gushixian, northern Anhui province. Grey stoneware hu vase with ash glaze Western Han dynasty, 1st century BC H: 21.4cm III B.b.a.2 High-fired grey stonewares with simple ash glazes were first made in southern China in the late second millenium BC. By the Han dynasty their potting and glazing was sophisticated, and their forms often copied contemporary bronzes, as this vase does. Such vessels could be used in life as storage containers, for they were durable and impervious to liquids. They could also be buried with their owner, and Orvar Karlbeck stated that this vase was excavated from a grave in Gushixian, northern Anhui province, in the Huai river valley. The Huai river is located mid-way between the Yellow River and Yangtze, and like them runs from west to east. It was an ancient centre of culture. Grey stoneware hu vase with ash glaze Western Han dynasty, 1st century BC High-fired grey stonewares with simple ash glazes were first made in southern China in the late second millenium BC. By the Han dynasty their potting and glazing was sophisticated, and their forms often copied contemporary bronzes, as this vase does. Such vessels could be used in life as storage containers, for they were durable and impervious to liquids. They could also be buried with their owner, and Orvar Karlbeck stated that this vase was excavated from a grave in Gushixian, northern Anhui province, in the Huai river valley. The Huai river is located mid-way between the Yellow River and Yangtze, and like them runs from west to east. It was an ancient centre of culture.