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A VERY RARE PAIR OF LARGE INLAID BRONZE SQUARE
VESSELS AND COVERS, FANG HU
Early Western Han Dynasty
The vessels of square section, each supported on a tall, slightly splayed
foot, the shoulders with two relief-cast taotie mask handles suspending
loose rings, decorated around the body with copper and malachite-
inlaid designs of angular curls and hooks, the cover with canted sides
supporting four flat finials shaped as stylised birds at the corners.
Each 41cm (16 1/8in) high. (4).

£200,000 - 300,000
CNY1,800,000 - 2,700,000

西漢早期 銅嵌松石幾何紋鈁 一對

Provenance:
The Wang Family Collection, Taipei, by repute
Gisèle Croës Arts D’Extreme Orient, Brussels, 1996
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

Published and Illustrated:
G.Croës, XVII Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, 10-24 November 1994,
pp.52-55

來源：
據傳為台北王氏家族舊藏
布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾藝廊，1996年
歐宗易先生珍藏

展覽及出版：
吉賽爾著，《XVII Biennale des Antiquaires（第十七屆巴黎古董雙年
展）》，巴黎，1994年11月10日-24日，頁52-55

Image after Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris,
1994, p.54

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
54 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.