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Han Art and Material Culture. HIST241 2.4.2. Han Art and Material Culture. Principal Materials Bronze Ceramics – glazed and gray (unglazed) Jade Lacquerware Wood Stone Paint. Han Bronzes. Ceramics. Technology Technology was already very advanced (e.g., high heat kilns).
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Han Art and Material Culture HIST241 2.4.2
Han Art and Material Culture Principal Materials • Bronze • Ceramics – glazed and gray (unglazed) • Jade • Lacquerware • Wood • Stone • Paint
Ceramics Technology • Technology was already very advanced (e.g., high heat kilns). • Pottery wheels became more widely used. • Glazes further developed. Design • Relief • Paint • Glaze • Sculpture
Ceramic Pots Clockwise from the left: painted ceramic pot; close up of relief detail of dragon and phoenix on first pot; painted earthenware tripod pot
Ceramic Pots Celadon pot with mountain-shaped lid and animal designs
Ceramic Pots Western Han painted pots decorated with acrobats
Ceramic Pots Left: A footed Western Han white ceramic wine warmer with animal-head figurines decorating its lid Right: A Western Han glazed pottery ding with taotie-faced with door-knocker design
Ceramic Figurines Left: painted sculptures Right: Western Han tomb statuette of cavalryman and horse
Ceramic Figurines Left: laughing woman Right: Western Han tomb figurines of servants
Ceramic animal figurines Left: Eastern Han green-glazed pottery dog Right: Eastern Han candelabra decorated with animal figurines
Funerary Art Tombs of the elite • Vaults of brick or stone • Often had multiple rooms • Elaborately decorated Grave goods, or items buried with the dead) • Items used by the deceased during his/her lifetime • Items created specifically for interment, often in miniature Tombs and grave goods replicated the world of the living for the dead.
Jade and Lacquerware Jade • Luxury material, only used by the elite • Used mainly for ceremonial goods and accessories Lacquerware • Also used only by the elite • Used for both decorative and everyday items
Architecture Building Materials • Mostly wood and rammed earth • Some brick and stone • Ceramic roof tiles • Because most buildings were made of wood, there are few remnants of Han dynasty architecture. • Much of what we know is based on tomb miniatures, which appear to be replicas of real buildings.
Tomb model Han dynasty pottery palace