A Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Miniature Pottery Cocoon Jar. The body burnished smooth and decorated with eight bands of vertically triple-incised bands and pronounced ridges surrounding the neck and base. Length of body 14cm (5.5 inches), height 13cm (5.25 inches). Qin (221 – 206BC) or Early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 8). Reference: similarly decorated, albeit larger, cocoon jars are described and illustrated in the 1991 Southeast Asian Ceramic Society book “Spirit of Han”. Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.