Grey pottery pilaster

Chinese

British Museum

206 BC-220 AD

Pilaster from the entrance to a tomb with stamped ornament showing dragons, lozenges, and spread-eagle birds in the Han style. The top is moulded as a bearded man, apotropaic in purpose.

• Medium: pottery
• Dimensions: 112 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £120 ( Total: £120)
• ArtFunded in: 1942

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