A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
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A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 19 November 1982, lot 118.
The C. C. Wang Family Collection of Important Early Chinese Works of Art; Sotheby's New York, 27 November 1990, lot 53.
Important Chinese Archaic Bronzes from a Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1115.
Literature
A. Juliano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C. C. Wang Family Collection, Seattle, 1988, pl. 10.

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A similar copper-inlaid bronze hu in the Sen'oku Hakkokan, dated to the 4th century BC, is illustrated by J. So in Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D. C., 1995, p. 281, fig. 50.1, where the author notes that the copper inlay was applied to the clay molds before the bronze was poured. Similar copper-inlaid bands and chevrons can also be seen on a he dated to the mid-Warring States period, 5th century BC, illustrated by L. d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p. 131, pl. LVII (upper right).

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