Pottery Jar with Scarlet Inscriptions, Straight-belly Jar
The pottery jar was excavated from Tomb YM 407 while the straight-belly jar was found at the Wei-jin period Tomb M1001 in the remains of the Foyemiao in Dunhuang. Both jars came with scarlet inscriptions on their bodies.
- Item No.
- R000482, R023760
- Period
- Sui-tang Period (581-907 A.D.)
- Dimensions
- Height 21.6, diameter of mouth 13.0 cm; Height 7.7, diameter of mouth 6.4 cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Tomb M407, Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan ; Tomb M1001, Foyemiao, Dunhuang, Gansu
- Materials
- 陶