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ca. 2nd–5th century · Khotanese earthenware · Asian Art

This appliqué of a floret and streamers issuing from an ornamental disk comes from the distinctive unglazed earthenware vessels found at the village of Yotkan, near the present-day oasis town of Khotan, in what is now China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of the kingdom of Khotan, a major Buddhist center in its time and an important relay station on the southern branch of the overland Silk Road.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2nd–5th century

Medium

Khotanese earthenware

Culture

West China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1930