A CHINESE PAINTED GREY POTTERY COCOON JAR,Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). The body well painted in shades of salmon, pale grey-green, dark red and white bands, scrolls and geometric patterns, the shallow pedestal foot, the base of the short neck with linear bands, everted mouth - 12 in. high. Estimate $600-800
NOTE:
A jar of this type excavated in Xinxiangxian, Henan province is illustrated in "Historical Relics Unearthed in New China", Beijing, 1972 pl.87; a similar jar is illustrated by Frances Klapthor, "Chinese Ceramics, The Baltimore Museum of Art", 1993, p.4. A similar example sold at Christie's, New York, September 18, 2003, Lot 196.
