LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
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A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, HU
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Heavily cast, the sides encircled by three bands of fine abstract curl pattern bordered by narrow inlaid bands with raised edges, with a pair of taotie mask and loose ring handles on the shoulder and a band of pendent blades inlaid in copper below the mouth rim, with a further narrow inlaid band encircling the foot
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Heavily cast, the sides encircled by three bands of fine abstract curl pattern bordered by narrow inlaid bands with raised edges, with a pair of taotie mask and loose ring handles on the shoulder and a band of pendent blades inlaid in copper below the mouth rim, with a further narrow inlaid band encircling the foot
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1971, lot 6.
Literature
J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, pp. 278-83, no. 50.
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