A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WATER VESSEL, PAN
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WATER VESSEL, PAN EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC The shallow rounded body and the tall foot cast in shallow relief with bands of cicadas with extended proboscis reserved on a leiwen ground, the band on the body set between narrow borders of circles and interrupted on two sides by a small animal mask, with a pair of diagonally set loop handles, the interior cast with an inscription 11½ in. (29 cm.) across handles
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WATER VESSEL, PAN
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WATER VESSEL, PAN EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC The shallow rounded body and the tall foot cast in shallow relief with bands of cicadas with extended proboscis reserved on a leiwen ground, the band on the body set between narrow borders of circles and interrupted on two sides by a small animal mask, with a pair of diagonally set loop handles, the interior cast with an inscription 11½ in. (29 cm.) across handles
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