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134 A gold-inlaid bronze cup of similar size and design is in the British Wujiagou chutu Zhanguo tongqi [Warring States bronzes excavated
؇ ზ A GOLD-INLAID BRONZE OVAL HANDLED VESSEL, Museum, London, accession no. 1936,1118.41; another example from in Wujiagou, Tunliu, Shanxi]', Archaeology, 1983, no. 3, pp. 273-4, pl.
the collection of Avery Brundage, but with a main pictorial register
7, fig. 5, and again in Hayashi Minao, In shu jidai seidoki no kenkyu
մ ፹ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD of figures and animals once decorated with inlays, is now in the [Conspectus of Yin and Zhou bronzes], vol. 3, 1989, p. 84, no. 58,
݆ ږ of oval section, flanked by a pair of loop handles, the slightly waisted mouth collared by a gold-inlaid border of sinuous dragons, the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, accession no. B60B720. See also together with other examples from excavations and major museum
collections.
a similar vessel unearthed from Shanxi, published in 'Shanxi Tunliu
߇ ᙭ body similarly decorated with gold-inlaid registers, the broad central band patterned with interlocking dragons rendered in angular
ࣛ Ꮂ scrollwork, above additional stylised beasts and petal-shaped lappets, all supported on a short scrollwork-adorned foot
17.3 by 16.4 by h. 7.9 cm
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౱ Peter Lai Antiques Ltd, Hong Kong, 14th August 1992. ኇˤِ̚d࠰ಥd1992ϋ8˜14˚

HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 51,000-76,500

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