CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC.- 220 AP.JC.)

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DEUX VASES RITUELS EN BRONZE, HU
CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC.- 220 AP.JC.)
Reposant sur un petit pied, la panse globulaire surmontée d'un long col tubulaire terminé par une ouverture en forme de gousse d'ail, recouvert d'une belle patine.
Hauteurs: 37 et 39 cm. (14 ½ and 15 3/8 in.)

Provenance

With Michael Goedhuis, London, 2 April 1992.

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Further details

TWO BRONZE RITUAL GARLIC-NECK WINE VESSELS, HU
CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

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Lot Essay

Compare two bronze hu of similar form, illustrated by J. So in Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York and Washington D.C, 1995, pp. 288-89, nos. 52 (38.7 cm. high) and 52.2 (36.7 cm. high). Another example is in the National Palace Museum Taiwan, illustrated in Shang and Chou Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, Taipei, 1978, pp. 212-213, and p. 267.

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