China, 202 BC to 220 AD. The compressed globular sides rising from a short, splayed foot to a waisted neck and everted rim surmounted by a domed cover. The shoulder and body each with a narrow band carved with wave designs enclosed by recessed line borders. Covered overall in an even and finely crackled, golden amber glaze, the interior of the cover with a greenish tint. (2)

Provenance: The base with an old label, ‘Han Dynasty. Amber glaze. Covered jar. 25-220 AD.’ From the collection of Joseph Rondina (1927-2022), who was born into a first-generation Florentine-American family in Auburn, upstate New York. Returning to the U.S. after being stationed in Berlin at the end of the Second World War, he studied at the Whitman School of Design before opening Joseph Rondina Antiques on Madison Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 1957. In the beginning, his interests focused primarily on European 18th-century decorative arts and furniture, over time developing to include Chinese, Korean, Indian, Thai, Cambodian, Persian and Japanese art, bringing a more esoteric and exotic style to the market. His clientele included stars of the stage and screen, royalty, notables, dignitaries, and denizens of the social register from the United States and abroad.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. The foot chipped with an associated old fill, minor old repairs and touchups as generally expected from Han dynasty excavations. Wear, firing flaws, intentional glaze crackling, glaze abrasions, kiln grit, small losses, encrustations.

Weight: 1,396 g
Dimensions: Height 25.8 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related amber-glazed hu, decorated with taotie masks suspending mock ring handles and lacking the cover, 40.6 cm high, dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1994.605.123. Compare a related amber-glazed hu, decorated with taotie masks and lacking the cover, 34.5 cm high, dated 2nd century BC to 1st century AD, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, accession number EA1956.909.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 18 May 2018, lot 284A
Estimate: GBP 4,000 or approx. EUR 5,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large amber-glazed pottery vase, hu, Han dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and amber glaze. Note the lacking cover and the larger size (47.5 cm).



漢代褐釉弦紋壺
中國，公元前202 年至公元220 年。口外撇，束頸，鼓腹，足外撇。有一個圓頂蓋。肩部和身體各有一條弦紋，上面刻有由凹線邊框包圍的波浪圖案。通體施褐色釉，釉色均勻，裂紋細密，蓋內泛綠。

來源：底部有標籤 ‘Han Dynasty. Amber glaze. Covered jar. 25-220 AD.’。Joseph Rondina (1927-2022年) 私人收藏。Joseph Rondina (1927-2022年) 出生於紐約州北部奧本的第一代佛羅倫薩美國人家庭。第二次世界大戰結束後駐紮在柏林，後回到美國。之後他在惠特曼設計學院學習，於 1957 年在曼哈頓上東區的麥迪遜大街開設了 Joseph Rondina 古董店。一開始，他的興趣主要集中在歐洲十八世紀的裝飾藝術和家具。隨著時間的推移，他開始收集印度、中國、韓國和日本的藝術。他的客戶包括來自美國和國外的銀幕明星、皇室成員、名人、政要和社會名流。
品相：品相好，足部有小填充、小修補。有磨損、燒製缺陷、釉面裂痕、開片、窯砂、小損失、結殼。

重量：1,396 克
尺寸：高 25.8 厘米

文獻比較：
比較一件相近的東漢褐釉弦紋壺，飾有饕餮輔首啣環，沒有蓋子，40.6 厘米高，收藏於大都會藝術博物館，館藏編號1994.605.123。比較一件相近的公元前二至一世紀釉弦紋壺，飾有饕餮輔首啣環，沒有蓋子，34.5 厘米高，收藏於牛津Ashmolean Museum，館藏編號EA1956.909。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2018年5月18日，lot 284A
估價：GBP 4,000（相當於今日EUR 5,500）
描述：漢褐釉弦紋壺
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和褐釉。請注意沒有蓋子和尺寸較大(47.5 厘米)。