A RARE BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU

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A RARE BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC

Of compressed spherical shape cast with four bi-roundels in high relief enclosing stylised leaves and scrolling elements terminating with impressed knobs, these super-imposed on the upper half of the wide border on the shoulder filled with four tight horizontal registers of angular dragons, all framed within rope-twist bands, and below a further similar band suspending triangular lappets below the vertical neck, the patina of silvery-grey tone
9 3/4 in. (24.6 cm.) high, stand, box

拍品专文

Acquired by the present owner in July 1970.

Compare with two examples, the first with a lid in the collection of Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, illustrated by J. So, Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. III, fig. 33.1; and the other similar to the present lot, illustrated by J. Alexander Pope et. al., The Freer Chinese Bronzes, vol. I, Washington, 1967, pl. 96.