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Bronze hu vessel with bird-script design Eastern Zhou and Han inlaid bronzes of this qual-
ity are exceptionally rare. Two similar wine vessels,
Height 44.2 (17 Ys), diam. 28 (n)
Western Han Dynasty, late second century BCE clearly prized possessions, were found in the per-
sonal
of the
chamber
king; the
two share
the
form
(c. 113)
of Han wine flasks, differing from each other in the
From the tomb of Liu Sheng at Lingshan,
Mancheng, Hebei Province decoration of their lids and in the designs of their
horizontal bands.
Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang Set on a small sloping foot, this elegant vessel 1
has a round, bulging belly and a short, curved neck
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