Lot Essay
Acquired by the present owner in September 1968.
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A BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The pear-shaped body crisply cast with three registers of bifurcated dragons with scrolling angular bodies defined with swirls, a variety of scales and beaded elements amid smaller dragons framed by four metal- inlay borders, with bovine masks suspending loose ring handles to the sides, the waisted neck with pendant triangular lappets radiating downward from the cupped mouth, with a mottled green patina
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high, stand, box
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The pear-shaped body crisply cast with three registers of bifurcated dragons with scrolling angular bodies defined with swirls, a variety of scales and beaded elements amid smaller dragons framed by four metal- inlay borders, with bovine masks suspending loose ring handles to the sides, the waisted neck with pendant triangular lappets radiating downward from the cupped mouth, with a mottled green patina
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high, stand, box