A BRONZE WINE EWER AND COVER, HE

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A BRONZE WINE EWER AND COVER, HE
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

The compressed globular body supported on three sturdy feet decorated with three thin copper-inlaid bands, with a saw-tooth border under the lipped rim, and applied with a phoenix-headed spout and a hinged arch handle, the shallow domed cover surmounted with a ring, the silver-grey patina with green encrustations (losses)
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Acquired by the present owner in December 1969.

Cf. a related wine vessel with bird-shaped spout in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, illustrated by Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, p. 411, fig. 84.5.

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