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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, FANGHU
Warring States period or Han dynasty
The vessel of baluster form with four facets, with a square foot and
a square lip at the mouth, applied with two finely cast taotie masks
suspending movable ring handles.
12 3/4in (32.4cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

戰國或漢 青銅雙耳活環方壺

Provenance
Collection of Yu-Sheng Louise Feng, brought from China, late 1940’s

Compare to a related vessel, with mask handles of similar quality,
in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology, dated Warring States, Zhou dynasty,
reference number C243, formerly with C.T. Loo.