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PROPERTY OF CLAIRE & FRANCIS HERITAGE LANE A similar hu, dated Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC, is illustrated by C.
Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinois, Paris, 1980, no. 81. Unlike the single, pierced,
1399 fat fnial in the center of the cover of the present hu, the cover of the
published vessel has three simplifed animal-form rings spaced evenly near
A BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HU the edge, which would have functioned as supports when the cover was
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220) inverted.
漢 青銅提鏈蓋壺
The vessel of pear shape is raised on three hoof supports, and has a
yoke handle with dragon-head terminals attached by double linked C. Deydier著，1980年巴黎出版《Les Bronzes Chinois》，編號81著有一件相似的
chains to rings suspended from a pair of loop handles. The ftted 壺，年代斷爲漢公元前2至1世紀。與本件拍品不同的是，前引近似例的蓋上有三個
cover with sloping sides is surmounted by a small pierced fnial. The 動物形的環，在壺蓋反置時可作足用。
surface has a mottled grey and pale green patina.

8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) high with handle, Japanese wood box

$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE

Kinpei Takeuchi (1873-1960).
Kyuichi Sano (1889-1977), acquired in Tokyo, 1950s.
Sano Art Museum, Mishima, Japan.
Christie’s New York, 21 March 2013, lot 1247.

LITERATURE

Sano Art Museum, Sano Bijutsukan zohinsho, 1986, p. 77, no. 103.

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