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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 578

AN EXCEPTI ONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT GOLD, SILVER AND GLASS -EMBELLISHED BRONZE
VESSEL (FANG HU), WARRING STATES PE RIOD, 4TH / 3RD CENTUR Y BC
Estimate: 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT GOLD, SILVER AND GLASS-EMBELLISHED BRONZE VESSEL (FANG HU)
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH / 3RD CENTURY BC
戰國 公元前四 / 三世紀 青銅錯金銀嵌琉璃乳釘紋方壺

of square section, set atop a straight foot with the swelling belly rising to a slightly flaring neck and surmounted by a slightly
domed cover set with four bird-shaped finials, each side of the vessel decorated with a complex design of diamond-shaped glass
plaques set into cast recesses of conforming shape, surrounded by wide bands of enlaced lines and volutes inlaid in silver, with
raised circular bosses embellished with gold-sheet set at regular intervals, on two sides the shoulder set with an animal mask
handle suspending a loose ring, with glass plaque and silver inlay, and raised bosses, the dark brown patina with green malachite
encrustation (2)

Height 13¾ in., 35.1 cm

Provenance
Collection of Adolphe (1871-1949) and Suzanne (1874-1949) Stoclet, and thence by descent.
European Private Collection.

來源
Adolphe (1871-1949) 及 Suzanne (1874-1949) Stoclet 伉儷收藏，此後家族傳承
歐洲私人收藏

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