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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND
COVER, HU
Han Dynasty
The pear-shaped vessel rising from a flaring foot to a waisted
neck and flaring mouth, the body encircled by three bands cast
in relief, a smiliar band encircling the mouth, the shoulder flanked
by a pair of taotie masks suspending loose rings, the round
cover with three ‘S’-shaped finials, the patina of mottled grey
colour with green encrustation. 37cm (14 1/2in) high. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

漢 青銅鋪首耳壺

See a similar vessel and cover, Qin dynasty, illustrated by
J.Portal, The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army, London,
2007, fig.52. See also an example lacking a cover unearthed in
1994–1995 from the King’s tomb at Shizishan, illustrated in Da
Han Chu Wang: Xuzhou Xihan Chu Wan Lingmu Wenwu Jicui,
Beijing, 2005, p.190.

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471
A RARE LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD BASIN
Han Dynasty
The large basin rising to an everted rim, standing on three
standing human supports, a raised band around the vessel cast
with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending loose rings.
28cm (11in) diam.
£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

漢 青銅鋪首耳三人形足大盆

See a related example illustrated by R-Y.Lefebvre d’Argencé,
Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in The Avery Brundage
Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pl.LVIII; See also another
example in the collection of the Capital Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Duan Shu’an, Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji,
Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji, vol.12, Beijing, 1997, no. 90. 471

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