A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL EWER AND COVER (HE) LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH / 8TH CENTURY BC of compressed globular form, supported by three sturdy conical legs, the body cast with a frieze of an undulating wave pattern surmounting rows of softly rounded ribs, a small loop handle emerging from a bovine mask at the side coaxial with a cylindrical spout, the fitted, domed cover linked to the body by small loop handles similarly decorated and with a hollow circular knop, a single pictogram on the inside of the cover and the interior base of the vessel which is most likely an unidentified clan sign, the mottled olive-green patina with malachite encrustation (2) Height 4 3/4 in., 12.3 cm
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL EWER AND COVER (HE) LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH / 8TH CENTURY BC of compressed globular form, supported by three sturdy conical legs, the body cast with a frieze of an undulating wave pattern surmounting rows of softly rounded ribs, a small loop handle emerging from a bovine mask at the side coaxial with a cylindrical spout, the fitted, domed cover linked to the body by small loop handles similarly decorated and with a hollow circular knop, a single pictogram on the inside of the cover and the interior base of the vessel which is most likely an unidentified clan sign, the mottled olive-green patina with malachite encrustation (2) Height 4 3/4 in., 12.3 cm
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