AN ABSTRACTLY PAINTED POTTERY COCOON JAR, HAN DYNASTYChina, 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, expressively 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: Fine condition,mensurate with age. Extensive wear, few small chips, losses, cracks, firing flaws, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations.Weight: 2,874 gDimensions: Height 26.7 cm, Width 31.5 cmLiteratureparison:Compare a related jar, excavated in Xinxiangxian, Henan province, illustrated in Historical Relics Unearthed in New China, Beijing, 1972, pl. 87.Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1105Price: USD 2,500 or approx.EUR 3,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A painted grey pottery cocoon jar, Western Han dynasty, late 3rd/2nd century BCExpert remark:pare the near identical form and closely related decoration, although this example is in rather poor conditionAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s New York, 18 September 2003, lot 196Price: USD 4,183 or approx.EUR 5,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A well-painted dark grey pottery cocoon jar, Han dynastyExpert remark:pare the near identical form, closely related decoration and fine condition漢代彩繪繭形陶壺中國，公元前202 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。