A VARIED GROUP OF EARLY POTTERY WARES Han Dynasty Comprising: an olive-green-glazed ear cup and a pair of painted pottery ear cups; a pottery scoop painted red to the interior; a painted pottery female head, perspex stand; a pottery weight modelled as a stylised beast upon a drum-form base; and a painted pottery twin-headed serpent-form mythical creature. The longest: 30.5cm (12in). (8). Footnotes: 漢 陶器雜項一組 Provenance: All acquired circa 1995-2000 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.14 (the scoop) M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.5 (the three ear cups) The ear cups and scoop in the present lot are mingqi for wooden vessels commonly used in Han daily life, their painted red interiors mimicking lacquer. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing