LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, HU
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Of broad pear shape raised on a waisted foot, the sides crisply cast with three bands of tight abstract curl pattern set between raised borders decorated with scroll pattern, the upper band overlaid with a pair of mask handles suspending loose rings cast with rope-twist pattern, all below an inlaid copper band of inverted triangles pendent from the mouth rim, with overall mottled blue-green encrustation
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high, plexi stand

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 24 June 2000.

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Lot Essay

Compare the hu of this type and similar date illustrated by J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, pp. 278-9, no. 5, and later sold in these rooms, 25-26 March 2010, lot 1019. Although of slightly larger size (29.1 cm. high) and not quite so bulbous a shape, the Sackler hu has similar bands of curl pattern and a similar inlaid copper dogtooth band encircling the neck, as well as a similar foot and handles.

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