A RARE LARGE BRONZE BIRD-FORM VESSEL AND COVER, HU Warring States Period The vessel of plump hu form raised on a spreading pedestal foot, with a pair of finely cast taotie mask handles on the shoulder suspending loose rings and a similar mask and ring handle set equidistant between the two but lower on the body opposite where the mouth rim curves upwards to form a broad spout in imitation of the lower half of a bird's beak, the upper half of the beak formed by a hinged section of the slightly domed cover and cast with a shallow groove of conforming outline and a central ridge leading back to the hinge to create the look of a short, slightly hooked beak like that of an owl, a pair of slightly raised eyes on either side of the hinge completing the representation of a bird's head, two of the three upright rings on the cover perhaps representing ears and all positioned above each of the handles on the body, the smooth mottled surface of gray, olive-gray and pale greenish color with areas of pale green encrustation 16.3/8in. (41.6cm.) high
A RARE LARGE BRONZE BIRD-FORM VESSEL AND COVER, HU Warring States Period The vessel of plump hu form raised on a spreading pedestal foot, with a pair of finely cast taotie mask handles on the shoulder suspending loose rings and a similar mask and ring handle set equidistant between the two but lower on the body opposite where the mouth rim curves upwards to form a broad spout in imitation of the lower half of a bird's beak, the upper half of the beak formed by a hinged section of the slightly domed cover and cast with a shallow groove of conforming outline and a central ridge leading back to the hinge to create the look of a short, slightly hooked beak like that of an owl, a pair of slightly raised eyes on either side of the hinge completing the representation of a bird's head, two of the three upright rings on the cover perhaps representing ears and all positioned above each of the handles on the body, the smooth mottled surface of gray, olive-gray and pale greenish color with areas of pale green encrustation 16.3/8in. (41.6cm.) high
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