A Chinese Green Glazed Hill Jar with Cover, Western Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE – 9 CE Ceramics These paintings are “framed” within

These paintings are “framed” within distinct boundary lines

five with larger losses that do not detract

particularly during the Neo-Assyrian period

or even sun-dried or baked clay

A Chinese Green Glazed Hill Jar with Cover, Western Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE – 9 CE Ceramics These paintings are “framed” withinThis fine green glazed ceramic hill jar is a Han dynasty funerary vessel, created to symbolically safeguard the deceased's journey into the afterlife. These jars were primarily used to hold fragrant substances for burning rather than for storing everyday items, and are often found in tombs. Serving as ceramic incense burners, they symbolized a journey to the Daoist paradise and were typically filled with aromatic materials such as foreign incense and