Cocoon Jar

Chinese pottery cocoon jar incised with bands design. The cocoon jar is sometimes called a "duck-egg jar", used as a wine vessel during Han Dynasty.

Chinese pottery cocoon jar incised with bands design. The cocoon jar is sometimes called a "duck-egg jar", used as a wine vessel during Han Dynasty.

Chinese pottery cocoon jar incised with bands design. Cocoon jar sometimes called a "duck-egg jar", was used as a wine vessel during Han Dynasty.

Chinese pottery cocoon jar incised with bands design. Cocoon jar sometimes called a "duck-egg jar", was used as a wine vessel during Han Dynasty.

An ancient Chinese pottery 'cocoon' jar, produced within the Han Dynasty period, so-called for its semblance to a silkworm cocoon, with vertical incised lines surrounding the body, r...

The cocoon jar is sometimes called a "duck-egg jar", used as a wine vessel during Han Dynasty.

Chinese painted pottery cocoon jar with original pigments remaining. The cocoon jar is sometimes called a "duck-egg jar", used as a wine vessel during Han Dynasty.

Cocoon jars got their name from their unique shape, like the cocoon of a silkworm.

Rare Han dynasty silk worm cocoon shape tomb jar. Geometric pattern with incised bands.

A Chinese pottery Cocoon jar, Han Dynasty Dimensions: 12.25 x 13 x 8.5 inches (31.1 x 33.0 x 21.6 cm) This painted earthenware likely was a funerary offering in a Han Dynasty tomb, ...

group of three pottery jars ,cocoon jar(11.5/L x 10/H x 7.5/D) tripod jar(12/Hx 7/C) amphora jar(12/H x 12/L x 9/D)

This terra cotta cocoon jar is from the Han dynasty (220–280 AD) period.

A grey-pottery cocoon jar with stripe pattern, Lucite base, Chinese Han Dynasty.

Han dynasty cocoon jar

Archaic looking pair of Studio Pottery lamps inspired by Han dynasty cocoon jars. Not sure how they were produced but they were made using slabs which just blows my mind since they a...

This rare terracotta cocoon jar with uncommon incised bands was made in China during the Western Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 9 A.D.).

This rare terracotta cocoon jar is an impressive testimony of the Chinese Han dynasty wealth.

An ancient Chinese Han dynasty cocoon jar or oil jar named because of its iconic natural looking elongated cocoon style shape, It is in fine condition with beautiful original remnant...

Clay and polychrome cocoon vase, Han Dynasty (206-BC-220 AD), China. The earthward depicts polychromatic swirling clouds representing the Heavens. This illustrative decor became p...

The distinctive, plump ovoid form of this jar imitates the silkworm’s cocoon. The drifting cloud-scroll (yunwen) motif, which flanks a central vertical panel of diamond-shaped lozeng...

A symbol good luck, the cocoon jar is a distinctive and Classic form. Its voluminous body is adorned with incised vertical rings and remnants of scrolling designs with swirling heave...

Large Pair of Highly Unusual Massive, Melon Form Han Dynasty Cocoon Jars, Beautifully Decorated in Chartreuse Spiraling Forms with Overlay of White and Carmine Bands.

Hand Painted Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) Cocoon Jar in Unusual Subtle Graphite and Grey Tones with Floral Ends with Banded Panels and Scrolling Motifs.

The jar's form is that of a silk worm cocoon. Important American collection.