FMNH 118845.nosub[1]

  • 118845: amphora-like vase
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    Description: amphora-like vase
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | Country: China. [ written in blue, crossed in red ] Ind | Locality: Singanfu, [ written in red] 54A-1/01 | People: Chinese. Stock. | Name: Amphora - shaped vessel, handles broken. Square meanders painted in vermilion on the lower part. [ sketches of vessel ] Chou period. | Collection: Mrs. T.B. Blackstone Expedition, Berthold Laufer, Collector 1908=1910. | Notes | Width | Length | Height: 30.9 cm | Price 2T | [LEFT MARAGIN] A | 118844 | ENT | 6941 | 1114 |
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Catalog Number: 118845.nosub[1]
Description: pitcher
Materials: ceramic, pigment
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
Time Period: Zhou Dynasty - Chou Dynasty
Accession Number: [1114] Blackstone Chinese and Tibetan Expedition - 1908-1910 (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1910
City/Town: Xian - Singanfu
Collector/Source: Blackstone Chinese and Tibetan Expedition - 1908-1910, Berthold Laufer : Field Museum of Natural History
EMu IRN: 1019741
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