拍品專文
He of this distinct type were produced during the Spring and Autumn period in various regions of China: the northern states of Jin and Qin, the eastern states of Qi and Lu and the southern state of Chu, indicating an exchange of ideas and materials. They share the same body shape encircled by similarly arranged bands of fine decoration, have an animal-headed spout opposite an openwork flange on the other side of the body and have a similar thick, arched handle, often decorated with further flanges or other high-relief decoration. See the he from the tomb of Fu Chai, King of Wu State, with more ornate openwork handle, now in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery, p. 34; another illustrated in Selected Bronzes in the Collection of the Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 1999, no. 224; and one excavated from the Eastern Zhou dynasty tomb of Huqiu in Suzhou province in 1975, illustrated in Wenwu, 1981:11, p. 52. The fine intricate decoration on these vessels was achieved with the use of the lost-wax process and impressed molds.