EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)

Similar braziers retaining their original ear cups are illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1961, pl. 209; and in Chinese Bronzes from the Buckingham Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1946, pls. LXV, LXVI and LXVII. These examples additionally retain the tray on which the brazier would have stood. A brazier of this type, lacking the cup and tray, was sold at Christie's London, 5-6 July 1983, lot 108; another from the collection of J.T. Tai was sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 201; and a third was sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2012, lot 1252.