Two Chinese Funerary Green Glazed Pottery Vases with Mask Handles

Han dynasty period or style, two earthenware large jars, both with dark green glaze, raised bands encircle the body and around the neck, each body has mask faux handles flanking the shoulder, very fine crackle to areas of the glaze, the smaller jar with iridescent encrustations to the body.

14 3/4 in., 9 1/2 in.

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

The smaller with chips and hairline to rim and nicks to base; the larger with large crack and repair and restoration, also an associated small loss to one handle, chips to rim, staining to base.