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A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE VASES Compare a similar bronze fanghu excavated 漢 青銅鋪首耳活環方蓋壺一對
AND COVERS (FANGHU) at shuihudi, Yunmeng, hubei province, now
HAN DYNASTY in the Yunmeng County museum, published 來源
in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji [Complete 紐約蘇富比2001年9月19日，編號12
each of square section, the pear-shaped body collection of Chinese archaic bronzes], vol. 12,
rising from a slightly splayed foot to a waisted Beijing, 1998, pl. 9; and another in the collection
neck, flanked by a pair of beast-mask handles of the Fujii Yurinkan, Kyoto, illustrated in sueji
each suspending a loose ring, the sloping cover Umehara, Nihon shucho Shina kodo seikwa
surmounted by four hooked rings, the surface [select relics of ancient Chinese Bronzes from
with patches of reddish-white and malachite Collections in Japan], vol. 6, osaka, 1964, pl. 471.
encrustation (4)
height 15¼ in., 38.8 cm $ 10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE
sotheby’s new York, 19th september 2001,
lot 12.
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