A few choice specimens of green–glazed Han pottery in the S.T. Peters Collection includes a well–modelled duck, a handsome vase with mask handles and hexagonal base, and a good example of the "granary urn." The last is a grain jar which derives its form from a granary tower. In some instances the tiled roof of the tower is represented by tile–mouldings on the shoulder; but in this instance the form is entirely conventionalised into a cylindrical vase supported by three bear–shaped feet. The bear, an emblem of strength, is commonly employed in this capacity in Han art. Another ornamental form borrowed from a homely object is the model of a well–head, of cylindrical shape, with arched superstructure, in the centre of which a pulley–wheel is represented. The well bucket is usually added, resting on the edge of the well.
Plate 3.—Han Pottery.
Fig. 1.—"Hill Jar" with brown glaze. Height 9 1/2 inches inches. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 2.—Box, green glazed. Height 5 1/2 inches inches. Eumorfopoulos Collection.
Fig. 3.—"Lotus Censer" green glazed. Height 10 1/2 inches inches. Rothenstein Collection.
Plate 4.—Model of a "Fowling Tower."
Han pottery with iridescent green glaze. Height 30 inches.