A Fine Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Cocoon Jar. Made from a relatively highly-fired grey pottery and decorated with various coloured pigments in a design featuring cloud patterns within vertical bands. Length of body 34cm, height 29cm. A fine and untouched example. Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). Reference: similarly decorated 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.