Hill Jar with Cover

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Artist Unknown

Culture Chinese

Title Hill Jar with Cover

Date 206 BCE–220 CE

Medium Earthenware with glaze and clay

Dimensions Overall: 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm)

Credit Line William Lowe Bryan Memorial, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 62.175

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Lidded vessels such as this one are found in Chinese tombs. Commonly called hill jars because of their shape, these ceramics represent the world of the immortals. if you look carefully the hill is populated with strange people and animals and the "sea" beneath is filled with mysterious sea creatures.

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