Title: Cocoon-Shaped Vessel
Object type: Vessel
Date: 2nd–early 1st century BCE
Culture: China
Period: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE)
Medium: Earthenware with incised decoration and burnishing
Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Richard E. Linburn, 1981
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY