Accession No
1936.231 G
Description
Sherd of red fabric decorated on exterior with repeated, impressed, curvaceous geometric motifs.
Place
Asia; East Asia; China; Hong Kong; Lamma Island
Period
Bronze Age Han Dynasty
Source
Seligman, Charles Gabriel (Prof.) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.231 G
Cultural Affliation
Material
Clay
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
White sticker adhered to sherd written in black ink: '77'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card in hand of Louis Clarke: 'Decorated sherds of usual type from site including a Tazza B which can be restored.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (Physical description)
Decorated sherds.
Event Date 1936
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Amendments / updates)
In October 2012, Ray M.K. Ma, Assistant Curator, Antiquities & Monuments Office, Hong Kong examined these objects and tentatively identified them as Bronze Age in date. The Period field has been updated accordingly, as previously there was no period given.
Event Date 2/10/2012
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (Physical description)
Sherd of red fabric decorated on exterior with repeated, impressed, curvaceous geometric motifs.
Event Date 2/11/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Amendments / updates)
A vessel with similar low relief trellis pattern to that on 1936.313 A, dating to the Han dynasty, appears in Lin, James C.S. (2012) 'The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China', p. 318, plate 191. 1936.313 A is also impressed with similar curvaceous geometric motifs to this sherd. The period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 2/11/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue
FM:305737
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