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A BRONZE ‘BIRD’ WINE EWER, HE The late Nishimura Collection, before 11 April 1969.
With Seikodo, Tokyo, Japan, before June 1982.
EASTERN ZHOU, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD From an important private European collection.
(8TH-5TH CENTURY BC)
LITERATURE
春秋 青銅瑞鳥式盉
Illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition of Oriental Arts and Culture held by
The ewer has an animal-form handle to one side and a plain spout to the other, the Chubu Nippon newspaper Co. Ltd.
decorated to the body with a stylised scroll design, all supported on four short
feet. The fnial is shaped as a recumbent bird. The bronze has a pale greyish-
green patina with faint blue-green areas of encrustation.
6æ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
£10,000-15,000 $16,000-23,000
€14,000-21,000
(another view)
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