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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (6TH CENTURY BC)
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, FU
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (6TH CENTURY BC)
The vessel is cast to the side and base with a dense network of interlocking scrolls, below a band of stylised geometric scrolls to the rim. The sides are applied with a pair of animal-head loop handles. There are areas of malachite and azurite encrustations to the surface.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (6TH CENTURY BC)
The vessel is cast to the side and base with a dense network of interlocking scrolls, below a band of stylised geometric scrolls to the rim. The sides are applied with a pair of animal-head loop handles. There are areas of malachite and azurite encrustations to the surface.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's London, 11 July 1977, lot 170.
The Michael Michaels Collection of Early Chinese Art.
The Michael Michaels Collection of Early Chinese Art.
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