AN ABSTRACTLY PAINTED POTTERY COCOON JAR, HAN DYNASTY China, 202 BC-220 AD. The rounded oblong body supported on a short pedestal foot and surmounted by a circular neck rising to an everted rim, painted with numerous abstract bands and scrolls in shades of red, white, cream, and light blue, with a red band encircling the neck.

Provenance: From a South German private collection, assembled before 2007, and thence by descent.
Condition: Superb condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, few small chips, losses, cracks, firing flaws, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations.

Weight: 2,304 g
Dimensions: Height 30 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related jar, excavated in Xinxiangxian, Henan province, illustrated in Historical Relics Unearthed in New China, Beijing, 1972, pl. 87.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1105
Price: USD 2,500 or approx. EUR 3,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A painted grey pottery cocoon jar, Western Han dynasty, late 3rd/2nd century BC
Expert remark: Compare the near identical form and closely related decoration, though this example is in a significantly worse condition than the present lot.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 196
Price: USD 4,183 or approx. EUR 5,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Well-Painted Dark Grey Pottery Cocoon Jar, Han Dynasty (206 Bc-Ad 220)
Expert remark: Compare the near identical form and closely related decoration.



漢代彩繪繭形陶壺
中國，公元前202 年至公元220 年。陶壺呈唇口、短頸、圈足，腹呈橫向長橢圓狀。壺周身以紅、白顏色為主，彩繪流雲、幾何圖案。

來源：德國南部私人收藏，購於2007年前，保存至今。
品相：狀態極好，大面積磨損，少量小磕損，裂縫，燒製缺陷，風化和侵蝕跡象，結殼。

重量：2,304 克
尺寸：高30 厘米

文獻比較：
比較一件相近的陶罐，出土於河南省新鄉縣，見《新中國出土文物》，北京，1972年，編號87。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2011年3月24日，lot 1105
價格：USD 2,500（相當於今日EUR 3,100）
描述：公元前三至二世紀西漢彩繪繭形陶壺
專家評論：比較幾乎相同的外型、非常相近的裝飾，雖然此壺的品相較現拍品差。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2003年9月18日，lot 196
價格：USD 4,183（相當於今日EUR 5,500）
描述：漢代彩繪繭形灰黑陶壺
專家評論：比較幾乎相同的外型和非常相近的裝飾。