A Matched Pair of Large Chinese Painted Pottery Tomb Jars with Covers

Han dynasty period or style, earthenware with pigments, square shaped jars with bulbous body and crisp edges, decorated in white and red with swirls and abstract patterns, with square shaped covers that come to a point at the top, jars like these were created to be included in burial tombs.

HOA 17 1/2 in., 16 3/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Both with pigment loss; the smaller with nicks to lid and foot; the larger with break repair and restoration to neck and rim.