A BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR AND COVER, FANGHU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, DATED INSCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO 1 BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR AND COVER, FANGHU WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, DATED INSCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO 1 BC The tapering body and high truncated pyramidal foot cast in low relief with panels of fine abstract curl pattern within plain strap borders, each side of the body with a taotie mask handle suspending a loose ring cast with scrolls and with three projecting pierced flanges, two in the form of birds, the third in the form of confronted bird heads, the neck with further striated curls cast in low relief in triangles separated by plain pendent triangles, the flat top and canted sides of the cover similarly decorated and applied with four S-shaped bird-form finials that convert to supports when the cover is inverted, with inscriptions incised on two sides of the mouth rim, with olive-grey patina and areas of malachite encrustation 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) high
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR AND COVER, FANGHU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, DATED INSCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO 1 BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR AND COVER, FANGHU WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, DATED INSCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO 1 BC The tapering body and high truncated pyramidal foot cast in low relief with panels of fine abstract curl pattern within plain strap borders, each side of the body with a taotie mask handle suspending a loose ring cast with scrolls and with three projecting pierced flanges, two in the form of birds, the third in the form of confronted bird heads, the neck with further striated curls cast in low relief in triangles separated by plain pendent triangles, the flat top and canted sides of the cover similarly decorated and applied with four S-shaped bird-form finials that convert to supports when the cover is inverted, with inscriptions incised on two sides of the mouth rim, with olive-grey patina and areas of malachite encrustation 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) high
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