Urn Lid

funerary urn

Recangular ceramic lid in the shape of a temple roof. At the end of the ridge of the roof are large fish. On both sides are animal-like heads protruding outward. Colours are predominantly turquoise and brown. Bottom has inscription reading that it was used as a container for human bones, and bears the dates Kuang Hsi Period (1875-1908 C.E.).