A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGHU China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 7th century BC Supported by a trapezoidal foot section with undulating lower edges, the flat body enlarging towards the lower area, on both sides of the sturdy neck ear-shaped handles with animal head, the interlocking lid with flared upper edge, on the external surface a relief decoration of stylized geometric patterns. 30,5 cm high Provenance : Fabrizio Savi collection, acqured from Anthony J. Allen Auckland, New Zealand, between 1995 and 2000. Published in A.J. Allen Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Auckland 2001, p. 87. A similar vase is published in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Volume III, New York 1995, p. 14, fig. 3.
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGHU China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 7th century BC Supported by a trapezoidal foot section with undulating lower edges, the flat body enlarging towards the lower area, on both sides of the sturdy neck ear-shaped handles with animal head, the interlocking lid with flared upper edge, on the external surface a relief decoration of stylized geometric patterns. 30,5 cm high Provenance : Fabrizio Savi collection, acqured from Anthony J. Allen Auckland, New Zealand, between 1995 and 2000. Published in A.J. Allen Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Auckland 2001, p. 87. A similar vase is published in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Volume III, New York 1995, p. 14, fig. 3.
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