EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 7TH CENTURY BC

A small covered vessel of similar form, but decorated with a large intertwined dragon motif, from a tomb of the State of Guo in modern day Sanmenxia city, Henan province, is illustrated in Shangcunling guoguo mudi, Beijing, 1959, pl. XXXIII:2. See, also, a similar small covered vessel sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1111; and another sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1249.