Lot 213. A lead-green pottery vase, Hu, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); 36cm (14 1/8in) high. Estimate 400 € - 600 €. Photo Fabrice Gousset.

Of compressed baluster form with flaring neck and dish shaped mouth, the shoulder with twin moulded taotie mask and ring handles on a continuous decorative band moulded with mythical creatures amongst foaming waves.

Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021).

Note: See two similar green-glazed vases, Eastern Han dynasty, illustrated in Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After Life, Singapore, 1991, p.124, nos.107 and 108.

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part 2. Paris, 26 october 2022