Lot Essay
Comparable hu vases of this size and with related zig-zag decoration are illustrted in Hayashi, p.297, fig.1, from the Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, and fig.2, from the Musee Guimet, Paris
ARCHAIC AND EARLY BRONZES
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE VASE AND COVER of pear shape on a flared foot, the body and domed cover cast with zig-zag bands of bold and fine key-pattern, the neck with a band of confronted animal motifs between short sleeve handles, the domed cover with a deep retaining flange and ring flange finial, the bronze with large areas of malachite encrustation (old cracks)
Details
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE VASE AND COVER of pear shape on a flared foot, the body and domed cover cast with zig-zag bands of bold and fine key-pattern, the neck with a band of confronted animal motifs between short sleeve handles, the domed cover with a deep retaining flange and ring flange finial, the bronze with large areas of malachite encrustation (old cracks)
20cm. high
20cm. high