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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND MASSIVE ARCHAIC BRONZE
RITUAL VESSEL, FANG HU
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Of pear shape and lobed rectangular cross-section and on a spreading
base supported on the backs of four horned buffalo, the sides of
the waisted neck applied with writhing tiger-like animal handles with
large almond-eyes and pointed ears, their bodies with stripes and
long curling tails, the bulbous body divided into quarters by stepped
relief bands simulating leather strapwork, cast around the exterior in
medium relief with zones of densely scrolling abstracted chilong, each
centred around an eye, the smooth brown-green patina with areas of
malachite encrustation.
68cm (26 3/4in) high.

£250,000 - 350,000
CNY2,200,000 - 3,100,000

東周 青銅蟠虺紋虎耳牛足方壺

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

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

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