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An archaic bronze ‘tortoise’ vessel, zao, with spoon and spoon-
holder
Western Han dynasty
Formed of five different parts, the lowest stove cast in the form of a
hollow tortoise with detachable head piece as the exhaust, the shell
replaced with a circular enclosure allowing a further three vessels to be
placed above, the lowest bowl surmounted by a double-convex vessel
with an opened top, all beneath a strainer at the top position; together
with a small spoon and a spoon holder.
18cm high. (7).
HK$40,000 - 60,000
US$5,200 - 7,700
西漢 青銅獸首灶及銅勺
Compare a very similar excavated example unearthed in Shanxi province
in 1982, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 12. Qin Han,
Beijing, 1998, p.85, no.83.

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