LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

Compare the hu of this type and similar date illustrated by J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, pp. 278-9, no. 5, and later sold in these rooms, 25-26 March 2010, lot 1019. Although of slightly larger size (29.1 cm. high) and not quite so bulbous a shape, the Sackler hu has similar bands of curl pattern and a similar inlaid copper dogtooth band encircling the neck, as well as a similar foot and handles.