A Chinese archaic pottery tripod vesse('Lian') and cover, Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 ACE), With Daodie 'handles' covered with a dark green lead glaze and supported on three bear-form feet, the cover well moulded with three stylized bands bands around a central flower, very good iridescent glaze, 18.5 cm diameter, 19 cm high. Provenance: Ray and Vicki Tregaskis Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art