Chinese Style Lidded Vessel with Animal Figure Attached

A dark jar with a lid, and a small beast climbing up the shoulder to take a look.

This Chinese style lidded vessel with animal figure attached is from China, is contemporary, and is made of fiberglass. Large lidded jars have been made in China in ceramics and bronze for centuries, and later decorative copies often borrow their forms. This one has a high, rounded shoulder and a domed lid topped with a small knob. Bands of tiny incised marks and arched, scalloped designs ring the neck and body. A small lizard-like creature clings to each shoulder. The surface is a weathered grey-black. It is 26 inches high and 21 in diameter.

Convincingly old, and honest about being new.