A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE

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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE
WARRING STATES

The compressed spherical body raised on three humanoid figures issuing from birds with outstretched wings and curled beaks, with a bird-shaped spout and openwork overhead beast handle, the flat cylindrical cover linked to the handle, decorated in negative relief on a dotted ground with bands of scrolling dragons, C-scrolls and whorl-pattern, the patinated bronze with small areas of malachite encrustation
10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Compare the grey earthenware example from the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, vol. 11, col. pl. 4.

(US$70,000-80,000)

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