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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD KETTLE AND COVER, HE
Eastern Zhou dynasty/Warring States period, 475-221 B.C.
Cast with a compressed spherical body, the spout in the form of
horned serpent appearing to pass through the shoulder of the kettle
after emerging from the mouth of a similar serpent which forms the
arched handle, the bodies of both serpents finely incised with scales,
the flat-topped circular cover set with a loop finial and attached to
the handle via a loop and rigid chain, all raised on three short legs
emerging from the mouth of mythical beasts, the smooth polished
surfaces with malachite and ferrous encrustation.
9in (22.8cm) high

$7,000 - 10,000

西周/戰國 青銅夔首提梁盉

Provenance:
Ben Janssens, London, 31 March 2000

來源：
倫敦，Ben Janssens，2000年3月31日

A similar example in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, is illustrated by
Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes, vol. III, 1995, pp. 406-7, no. 84.

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