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Square-based vessel (fang hu) with lotus-petal crown
and crane
Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn period (770-476 bce)

Bronze; h. 126 x 1. of mouth 30.5 x w. of mouth 24.9 cm

Unearthed in 1923 at Lijialou, Xinzheng county,
Henan Province
Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou