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A BRONZE SQUARE-SECTION TWIN-HANDLED VASE, HU

HAN DYNASTY (3RD CENTURY BC- 3RD CENTURY AD)

漢 青銅雙獸首銜環耳方壺

The bulbous body of the square-form vase is decorated with a pair of animal-mask handles with loose
rings, supported on a tall spreading foot. The bronze has a mottled patina.

14 in. (35.6 cm.) high

£8,000-12,000 $13,000-19,000
€11,000-16,000

PROVENANCE

The Hurukawa Collection, before to 11 April 1969.
With Seikodo, Tokyo, Japan, before June 1982.
From an important private European collection.

A similar square hu can be seen in the National Palace Museum Taiwan, illustrated in Shang and Chou
Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, Taipei, 1978, pp. 220-231, pl. 84, and p. 270.

See also a similar hu with plain body and mythical beast handles illustrated by E. A. Voretzsch in
Altchinesische Bronzen, Berlin, 1924, p. 177, pl.12, fg. 79.

來源:
Hurukawa 舊藏，於1969年4月11日前購入
於1982年6月前購自日本東京古董商Seikodo
重要歐洲私人珍藏

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