A RARE FINELY CAST TRIPOD EWER AND COVER, HE Spring and Autumn period (770-475 BC) The compressed globular body raised on the backs of three squatting, bird-like mythological creatures, with feathered wings, scaly bodies, ornate horns and front claws clasped obsequiously in front of the chest, the sides crisply cast in relief with two registers of intricate, interlocking winged dragon and bird scrolls separated by a plain band, the lower register an inverted version of the upper, the short curved spout formed by the forequarters and head of a bird with hooked beak, the low domed cover cast with fine interlocking scrolls attached by a linked chain to a large ring that encircles the dragon-form handle cast with stripes on the sides, with cuprite patina and blue-green encrustation 10½in. (26.6cm.) across
A RARE FINELY CAST TRIPOD EWER AND COVER, HE Spring and Autumn period (770-475 BC) The compressed globular body raised on the backs of three squatting, bird-like mythological creatures, with feathered wings, scaly bodies, ornate horns and front claws clasped obsequiously in front of the chest, the sides crisply cast in relief with two registers of intricate, interlocking winged dragon and bird scrolls separated by a plain band, the lower register an inverted version of the upper, the short curved spout formed by the forequarters and head of a bird with hooked beak, the low domed cover cast with fine interlocking scrolls attached by a linked chain to a large ring that encircles the dragon-form handle cast with stripes on the sides, with cuprite patina and blue-green encrustation 10½in. (26.6cm.) across
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