AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, FOU
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, FOU LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC The broad, tapering body is raised on a rounded foot cast with a rope-twist-like band of diagonal segments of leiwen , and the lower body is flat cast with a band of angular interlaced scroll incorporating bands of leiwen above a narrow leiwen border. Above are two registers of dense interlinked dragon scroll, the one on the high shoulder is interrupted by the pair of loop handles cast as dragons with backward-turned heads facing a taotie mask cast on the arched body. The cylindrical neck is surmounted by a flat, everted rim. The mottled, dark grey and green surface has areas of earth encrustation. 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese zitan wood box
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, FOU
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, FOU LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC The broad, tapering body is raised on a rounded foot cast with a rope-twist-like band of diagonal segments of leiwen , and the lower body is flat cast with a band of angular interlaced scroll incorporating bands of leiwen above a narrow leiwen border. Above are two registers of dense interlinked dragon scroll, the one on the high shoulder is interrupted by the pair of loop handles cast as dragons with backward-turned heads facing a taotie mask cast on the arched body. The cylindrical neck is surmounted by a flat, everted rim. The mottled, dark grey and green surface has areas of earth encrustation. 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese zitan wood box
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