AN EMERLAD-GREEN GLAZED 'HUNTING SCENE' POTTERY VASE, HAN DYNASTY China, 206 BC to 220 AD. Of compressed globular form, rising from a tapering foot to a waisted neck, the shoulders encircled by a band depicting a hunting scene with mythical beasts, dragons, birds, and two taotie masks issuing mock ring handles, all in high relief. Covered in a thick layer of deep emerald-green glaze, pooling nicely at the upper rim to form a number of distinct glaze drops.

Provenance: Prima Porta Antiquities, Galeria Sztuki Starozytnej, Warsaw, Poland, 15 April 2005. A Polish private collection, acquired from the above. A copy of a Certificate of Authenticity from Prima Porta Antiquities, dated 15 April 2005, written and signed by Dr. Matthias Renz, and confirming the dating above, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws, such as firing cracks, glaze flaking and fine cracks, few light scratches, the base with two drilled holes from sample-taking.
Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 28 February 2022, based on sample number C122c62, sets the firing date of two samples taken at between 1500 and 2400 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot. A copy of an associated report from Antiques Analytics, Institute for Scientific Authenticity Testing, dated 11 March 2022, written and signed by Dr. Robert Neunteufel, accompanies this lot.

Weight: 3,624 g
Dimensions: Height 30.3 cm

In the Han dynasty, daily utensils were usually made of stoneware and goods for burial were made of earthenware. The hunting scene that decorates this vase suggests that the deceased was a nobleman, as hunting was a pastime of the aristocracy.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related green glazed vase with a hunting scene, dated to the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number C.245-1909. Compare a closely related green glazed vase with a hunting scene, dated to the Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number C.1479-1924.



漢代綠釉狩獵紋雙輔首陶瓶
中國，公元前206 年至公元 220 年。瓶口外撇，束頸，溜肩，鼓腹，高足，平底。肩部環繞著一條浮雕飾帶，描繪了狩獵場景，可見神話中的野獸、龍、鳥已經兩個獸首啣環輔首。通體覆蓋著一層厚厚的深綠色釉，匯集足部，形成許多釉滴。

來源：波蘭華沙Sztuki Starozytnej 藝廊Prima Porta Antiquities，2005年4月15日；波蘭私人收藏，購於上述藝廊。隨附一份Prima Porta Antiquities古玩出具的真品鑒定證明複印件，時間爲2005年4月15日，Matthias Renz博士書寫並簽名，確認年代。
品相：品相極好，有輕微磨損和製造缺陷，如燒裂、釉面剝落和細裂，有輕微劃痕，底座有兩個取樣孔。
科學檢測報告：牛津鑒定2022年2月28日出具的熱釋光檢測報告，取樣編號C122c62，兩個取樣，卻認爲1500 至 2400年前。隨附檢測報告複印件。隨附古玩科學檢測研究所Robert Neunteufel博士2022年3月11日出具的檢測報告。

重量：3,624 克
尺寸：高30.3 厘米

漢代，日用器物多為炻器，陪葬品多為陶器。裝飾此瓶的狩獵場景表明墓主是貴族，因為狩獵是貴族的消遣。

文獻比較：
比較一件非常相近的漢代綠釉狩獵紋陶瓶，收藏於維多利亞和亞伯特博物館，編號C.245-1909。比較一件非常相近的西漢綠釉狩獵紋陶瓶，收藏於維多利亞和亞伯特博物館，編號C.1479-1924。