210 - A hard-pottery vessel for the game of touhu A stoneware vessel modelled after a touhu (pitch-pot).

A hard-pottery vessel for the game of touhu A stoneware vessel modelled after a touhu (pitch-pot). Han dynasty. The vessel's slender, elongated neck and full body faithfully convey the form of ancient touhu vessels. Touhu originated in archery rites and was practiced as a banquet pastime during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, developing by the Han dynasty into an elegant game favored among Confucian scholars and the nobility. H: 28.4cm D: 17cm Signs of repair on the bottom. “My Eyes, The Art of Choice,” Daisetsu Museum, 2023–2025, p. 19. China Han Dynasty