£400
A FINE CHINESE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY PAINTED POTTERY COCOON JAR. Made from a relatively highly-fired grey pottery and decorated with coloured pigments in a design featuring cloud patterns within vertical bands. All original coloured pigments. Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). Length of body 30.5cm, height 26.5cm.
Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.
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.
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