A Large Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Table with Eight Cups. Standing on four sturdy integral legs, the upper surface decorated with three fish within a geometric pattern in red pigment. With eight pottery wine cups (known as “ear” cups) some of which have remains of red and/or creamy-white pigments. Table length 57cm (22.5 inches), width 39cm (15.25 inches), height 11cm (4.25 inches). The ear cups are each between 11cm and 12cm in length. Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220). Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.