A Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Cocoon Jar. The body burnished smooth and decorated with nine bands of vertically incised bands together with pronounced ridges surrounding the neck and base. Length of body 35cm (13.75 inches), height 31.5 (12.5 inches). Qin (221 BC – 206BC) or Early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 8).
Reference: similarly decorated cocoon jars are described and illustrated in the 1991 Southeast Asian Ceramic Society book “Spirit of Han”.
Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.