Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . 2. 3O I O E 3 en4) O s ?« -2 . o•a Ous c »^ ^•or S c 5«•£ X .O te •or rt u a C^•ol) S ^I- ^ I »u O 3 .So ^ XT N . OS C! 13 his ?-5 ?Ol) tNOA. Plate 4.—Model of a * Fowling Tower. Han pottery with iridescent green glaze. Height 30 inches. Freer Collection. The Han Dynasty, 206 to 220 13 Plate 4 illustrates a remarkable structure which seems to representa fowling tower. Models of houses and shrines have been foundfrequently in Han tombs, showing most of the eleme
Chinese pottery and porcelain : an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day . 2. 3O I O E 3 en4) O s ?« -2 . o•a Ous c »^ ^•or S c 5«•£ X .O te •or rt u a C^•ol) S ^I- ^ I »u O 3 .So ^ XT N . OS C! 13 his ?-5 ?Ol) tNOA. Plate 4.—Model of a * Fowling Tower. Han pottery with iridescent green glaze. Height 30 inches. Freer Collection. The Han Dynasty, 206 to 220 13 Plate 4 illustrates a remarkable structure which seems to representa fowling tower. Models of houses and shrines have been foundfrequently in Han tombs, showing most of the elements which arecombined in this complex ornament. The structure of wooden beamsand galleries and the roofs with their tubular tile-ridges, the formalox-heads supporting the angles of the lower gallery, the ornamentationof combed lines, are all features which occur in architectural tombornaments of the Han period. Here we have apparently a sportingtower, with persons engaged in shooting with crossbows at thepigeons which tamely perch on the roof. The dead birds havefallen into the saucer-like stand below. This rare and curiousspecimen is made of green-glazed pottery, and measures about 30inches in height. As already indicated, our knowledge of Han pottery is
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