Ceramic Vase Hu Han Dynasty, Circa -206; -25 Bc) Galloping Horses & Felines

Superb Hu-shaped khaki-green to brown glaze ceramic vase with galloping horses and felines frieze, as well as two animal masks holding a ring (pushou xianhuan) in their mouths used here as decorative handles.
Light silvered iridescents
Shape is similar to Hu bronze vases of the same period; lead glazed ceramic versions appeared in Shaanxi during the 2nd century BC.
mainly to replace their metal prototype in funerary furniture (mingqi). They were executed in various forms, the most luxurious examples having molded friezes in bas-relief like here.
Western HAN dynasty (-206 BC to +220 AD), but this vase is more exactly datable between IInd century BC and -25 BC

Sizes: approx 35cm height and 24cm diameter  
Perfect condition. Note under the bottom 2 marks of ceramic attachments during its manufacturing, and 2 similar ones on the side of the vase indicating that the piece touched another during firing.

A black inscription in Chinese inside the vase, untranslated (apocryphal?)

Expertise labels from Cabinet PORTIER in Paris specializing in Asian arts.

https://www.chineancienne.fr/début-20e-s/ballot-petite-histoire-de-la-porcelaine-de-chine/ Marie-Juliette BALLOT (1868-19XX) mentioned in 1920 in the review of the Ancient and modern art, in an article entitled "A short history of Chinese porcelain" and relating to "the large GRANDIDIER collection", a similar copy with green cover in the collections of the Louvre Museum (see last photo) 1920 .

"The Louvre, continuing its reinstallation, has just opened to the public the Chinese ceramics rooms due to the Mr. Ernest GRANDIDIER generosity. This collection, which rivals, if it does not exceed them, with the most beautiful of the world, offers a new interest to lovers of Chinese porcelain, because, taking advantage of the closure of the museum during these years of war, the curators methodically and chronologically classified the five thousand numbers that compose it.

Fig 1. "A very beautiful specimen of Han pottery is in the Louvre in the Pelliot collection : it 's a baluster shape vase, with a slightly flared neck, covered with a beautiful green enamel; it is decorated on the shoulder with a galloping horses relief frieze (fig. 1). The vases from this period are almost all similar; the cover is sometimes brown. "