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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
          1520
          AN UNUSUAL BRONZE BOTTLE-FORM VESSEL, HU
          HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
                                                            PROVENANCE:
          The hu is thinly cast and decorated overall with various decorative   Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
          bands, including three wide bands of feathers on the neck, and there
          are two slightly concave bands encircling the shoulder. The bronze has   For a discussion of the bands of decoration, see the footnote to lot
          a pale, milky-brown patina.                       1516.
          11æ in. (29.8 cm.) high
          $6,000-8,000

          漢 青銅幾何紋壺



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