A Large Grey Pottery 'Cocoon' Jar

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

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A Large Grey Pottery 'Cocoon' Jar
Western Han Dynasty
The full oblong body raised on a ridged, spreading pedestal foot and carved with a series of triple grooved bands, the short neck encircled by two bowstring bands before it flares towards the everted rim, with traces of red pigment
18½in. (47cm.) long

Lot Essay

A jar of this type with red-brown lacquer decoration was excavated from a Western Han tomb at Yinque Shan, Linyi county, and illustrated in Kaogu 1975:6, pl. 6, fig. 3. See, also, the similar jar sold in these rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 257.

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