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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL FACETED WINE VESSEL, FANGHU
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC
The fanghu is raised on four tiger-form supports and is fanked by a pair of tiger-form handles.
It is decorated with rectangular panels of scrolls divided by rope-twist bands.
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high
$50,000-80,000
PROVENANCE
The Prince Kung (1880-1936) Collection.
The American Art Galleries, New York, The Remarkable Collection of the Imperial Prince Kung of China,
27-28 March 1913, lot 316.
Stephen Junkunc, III (1904-1978) Collection.
戰國早期 青銅幾何紋虎足方壺
The present fanghu as illustrated in the sale catalogue, The Remarkable Collection of the Imperial Prince Kung of China,
The American Art Galleries, New York, 27-28 March 1913, lot 316.
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