A fine large Chinese burnished pottery cocoon jar, Western H...

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£1,000 - £1,500

A fine large Chinese burnished pottery cocoon jar, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8) or possibly as early as the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), with Oxford TL Test, the finely-burnished surface decorated with twelve bands of triple-incised lines vertically surrounding the body as well as raised horizontal bands around its neck and base, 31cm high, 35cm long

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A fine large Chinese burnished pottery cocoon jar, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8) or possibly as early as the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), with Oxford TL Test, the finely-burnished surface decorated with twelve bands of triple-incised lines vertically surrounding the body as well as raised horizontal bands around its neck and base, 31cm high, 35cm long
This is a good example in fine condition. This jar has been tested by Oxford Authentications, the ONLY testers of ancient pottery accepted by ALL major dealers, auction houses and museums worldwide, and the Thermoluminescence Analysis Report that will accompany the jar is shown; this confirms the date of manufacture as "between 1500 and 2400 years ago". For reference: almost identical examples are illustrated and described in the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society (SEACS) book "Spirit of Han", where they are dated as Qin or Early Western Han. The "cocoon" jar is one of the most recognisable and desirable forms of Han Dynasty pottery and most museum collections will include at least one example