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A COLLECTION OF THREE CHINESE HAN-STYLE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSELS
Comprising a square bronze censer, fangding, cast with twin upright handles; a wine vessel, hu, with twin taotie-mask handles with loose rings, cast with three raised concentric bands and supported on a stepped foot; and a cylindrical container and domed cover raised on tripod mask-shaped feet, with two loop handles, one with a loose ring
The tallest 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) high
Comprising a square bronze censer, fangding, cast with twin upright handles; a wine vessel, hu, with twin taotie-mask handles with loose rings, cast with three raised concentric bands and supported on a stepped foot; and a cylindrical container and domed cover raised on tripod mask-shaped feet, with two loop handles, one with a loose ring
The tallest 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Axel Vervoordt N. V., Gravenwezel, Belgium, pre-1997.
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