LARGE CHINESE GREY POTTERY COCOON JAR
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
西漢 弦紋灰陶繭型壺
the cocoon-shaped vessel burnished and scored with linear bands, raised on a spreading pedestal foot, the waisted neck also ribbed below the everted flanged mouth rim, with traces of red pigment
Dimensions
41cm wide
Provenance
Private collection, London;
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C124k7 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
倫敦私人收藏；
本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C124k7，結果與其斷代相符。
Footnote
A closely comparable pottery cocoon jar of very similar form and design, dated to the Western Han dynasty, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. Gu Za 故雜1175. According to the museum research note: “[translated from Chinese text] Most cocoon jars are unearthed from tombs and are distributed in Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, Jiangsu and Gansu provinces. This vessel was an old collection of the Qing Court. Although the location of its discovery cannot be traced back, its shape is similar to that unearthed from the Yangling Mausoleum of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. The relative firing time can be compared, and it is regarded as dating from the Western Han Dynasty (around the second century BC). See https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Antique/Content?uid=1466&Dept=U