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A pair of archaic bronze cylindrical vessels and covers
Western Han dynasty
Each raised above three cabriole feet, the exterior finely worked in
checkered square designs featuring archaistic scrolls and ‘X’ four-lobed
flower petals, all framed between geometric wavy borders at the top
and bottom, the gently arched circular cover surmounted by a four-leaf
floral-petalled knop.
Each 12.6cm high. (4).
HK$200,000 - 300,000
US$26,000 - 39,000
Compare an excavated example showing gold-inlaid decorations,
unearthed in the Xu district of Jiangsu province in 1970, in the Nanjing
Museum, Nanjing, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 12. Qin
Han, Beijing, 1998, p.45, no.43.
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