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HAN DYNASTY GREEN GLAZED POTTERY PIG PEN
China, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220

 

 

 Han Dynasty Green Glazed Pottery Pin in a Pen, 206 BC - 220 AD

 

 

The rectangular fenced pen with roofed shed, accompanied by the original pig, all from gray earthenware with an

early frosted green lead glaze. This was the first time period for this use of a lead glaze, which turned

green in the firing. The frosting is the mineralization that occurs with extended underground burial in damp areas.

 Condition: excellent; several minor chips; original firing crack to tower.

 

7" Long

 

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Han Dynasty Green Glazed Figure of a Pig in a Pen

 

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