A Rare LARGE Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Cocoon Jar. The body burnished smooth and decorated with thirteen bands of vertically triple-incised bands as well as pronounced ridges surrounding the neck and base. Cocoon jars of this large size are particularly rare. Length of body 44cm (17.25 inches), height 38.5cm (15 inches). Qin (221 – 206BC) or Early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 8). Reference: similar 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.