HAN DYNASTY (3RD CENTURY BC- 3RD CENTURY AD)

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A BRONZE SQUARE-SECTION TWIN-HANDLED VASE, HU
HAN DYNASTY (3RD CENTURY BC- 3RD CENTURY AD)
The bulbous body of the square-form vase is decorated with a pair of animal-mask handles with loose rings, supported on a tall spreading foot. The bronze has a mottled patina.
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high

Provenance

The Hurukawa Collection, before 11 April 1969.
With Seikodo, Tokyo, Japan, before June 1982.
From an important private European collection.

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Lot Essay

A similar square hu can be seen in the National Palace Museum Taiwan, illustrated in Shang and Chou Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, Taipei, 1978, pp. 220-231, pl. 84, and p. 270.

See also a similar hu with plain body and mythical beast handles illustrated by E. A. Voretzsch in Altchinesische Bronzen, Berlin, 1924, p. 177, pl.12, fig. 79.

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