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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN
COLLECTION
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Compare with a very similar hu with raised concentric rings on the body and
A BRONZE JAR, HU tall foot sold at Christie’s New York, 1-2 April 2009, lot. 214. See another
HAN DYNASTY (3RD CENTURY BC-3RD CENTURY AD)
example illustrated by E. A Voretzsch in Altchinesische Bronzen, Berlin, 1924,
The compressed globular body is cast with raised concentric rings, decorated p. 179, fg. 81.
to the sides with a pair of monster-mask handles with loose rings, supported
on a tall spreading foot with vertical fanges. The bronze has a dark greenish- 漢 青銅雙獸活環耳壺
grey patina with areas of encrustation.
14Ω in. (36.8 cm.) high
來源: 日本京都Takeuchi舊藏
£4,000-6,000 $5,300-7,900
€4,500-6,700 於1982年6月前購自日本古董商 Shagado & Co.
重要歐洲私人珍藏
PROVENANCE
The Takeuchi Collection, Kyoto, Japan.
With Shogado & Co., Japan, before June 1982.
An important private European collection.

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