Well Head
Unidentified Han Dynasty maker, Chinese, 206 BCE - 220 CE
Han Dynasty, 202 BCE-220 CE
Earthenware with green, copper oxide glaze
Overall: 12 × 7 1/2 in. (30.5 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of William E. Little, Class of 1931, in memory of his parents
C.986.88.1
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Exhibition History
Han Dynasty Impressions 206 B.C.-221 A,D., Dulany's Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, September 11-October 31, 1984, no. 52.
Publication History
Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, Sotheby's, New York, lot 117, December 7, 1983.
Dulany's Gallery, Han Dynasty Impressions 206 B.C.-221 A,D., Birmingham, Michigan, September 11-October 31, 1984, p. 64, no. 52.
Provenance
Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, Sotheby's, New York, lot 117, December 7, 1983; sold to Virginia Dulany, Dulany's Gallery, Birminham, Michigan; in the Sale (and exhibition): Han Dynasty Impressions 206 B.C.-221 A. D., September 11-October 31, 1984, Dulany's Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, no. 52, p. 64.; sold to William E. Little (1909-1991, Class of 1931), New York, New York, 1984; given to present collection, 1986.
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