介绍(英) | Urn: Translucent blue green; handles in same color. Everted rim, folded down, round, up, and in, and flattened in to mouth, forming a solid, angular collar; flaring mouth; narrow, concave neck; large, piriform body; splayed hollow foot; concave bottom; two vertical, arched M-shaped handles, attached on opposite sides of upper body, each made of a thick trail, applied as a large circular pad, drawn across body from left to right, and trailed off back along top of handle. Broken and repaired, with holes in rim, body, and foot; pinprick bubbles and a few glassy inclusions; dulling, some pitting, patches of thick iridescent weathering, and small areas of soil encrustation. Lid: Translucent blue green. Thin, plain, horizontal rim; concentric ridge near rim on exterior; shallow dome-shaped side; hollow stem, tapering upwards to flattened, oval knob with thick, downturned lip; small, tooled indent in center of knob on top. Complete, but some internal cracks and chips in knob; some pinprick bubbles; slight dulling, iridescence, and creamy brown weathering on exterior, pitting, iridescence, and whitish weathering covering most of interior. The lid is much smaller than the rim of the urn and does not sit tightly in the mouth. It may, however, originally have been placed upside down like a funnel lid. |