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ANOTHER PROPERTY
719
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID
BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHU
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD
CENTURY BC
The four-sided vessel is set with loose rings
suspending loose ring handles on opposite sides,
and is decorated on each side with elaborate pictorial
scenes arranged in horizontal registers. The flat,
raised bronze motifs of the scenes are silhouetted
against a sunken background bearing extensive
remains of an inlaid paste. The bronze of the raised
motifs has a brownish-red and green patina.
16æ in. (43 cm.) high
$400,000-600,000
PROVENANCE:
Kaikodo, New York, before 1996.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, 23 March-20 April 1996.
LITERATURE:
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 1996, no. 54.

AN IMPORTANT WARRING STATES BRONZE
戰國 公元前四至三世紀
青銅宴樂狩獵水陸攻戰紋方壺
來源:
懷古堂, 紐約, 1996年前
展覽:
紐約, 懷古堂, 1996年3月23日-4月20日
出版:
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 1996年春季刊, 編號54

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