A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE WARRING STATES The compressed spherical body raised on three humanoid figures issuing from birds with outstretched wings and curled beaks, with a bird-shaped spout and openwork overhead beast handle, the flat cylindrical cover linked to the handle, decorated in negative relief on a dotted ground with bands of scrolling dragons, C-scrolls and whorl-pattern, the patinated bronze with small areas of malachite encrustation 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE WARRING STATES The compressed spherical body raised on three humanoid figures issuing from birds with outstretched wings and curled beaks, with a bird-shaped spout and openwork overhead beast handle, the flat cylindrical cover linked to the handle, decorated in negative relief on a dotted ground with bands of scrolling dragons, C-scrolls and whorl-pattern, the patinated bronze with small areas of malachite encrustation 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide
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