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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