MIDDLE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC

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A LARGE BRONZE BEAKER AND COVER
MIDDLE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC
The tall vessel with plain sides tapering towards a spreading foot and applied on the upper body with two taotie mask handles suspending loose rings, the slightly domed cover centered by a tiny nipple encircled by four concentric rings and four upright loop handles, with mottled olive-grey patina and areas of encrustation, and some wood splinters adhering
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 19 June 2000.

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Lot Essay

According to J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, pp. 416-18, the shape of this vessel is distinctive to Warring States sites in Shandong province. The author illustrates a very similar vessel and cover of larger size (39.5 cm.) from the collection of Dr. Paul Singer, p. 418, fig. 86.2, as well as another of slightly smaller size (32.9 cm.) excavated from a tomb at Shandong Zhucheng Cangiazhuang, p. 418, fig. 86.1, which contained bells with inscriptions that suggest a 4th century BC date.

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