A RARE FINELY CAST TRIPOD EWER AND COVER, HE WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC) The compressed globular body is raised on the backs of three squatting, bird-like mythological creatures with feathered wings, scaly bodies, ornate horns and front claws clasped in front of the chest, and the sides are 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 is formed by the forequarters and head of a bird with hooked beak, and the low domed cover cast with fine interlocking scrolls is attached by a linked chain to a large ring that encircles the dragon-form handle cast with stripes on the sides. The vessel has areas of cuprite patina and blue-green encrustation. 10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) wide Provenance The T.T. Tsui Collection, Hong Kong, before 1996. Christie's New York, 26 March 2003, lot 156.
A RARE FINELY CAST TRIPOD EWER AND COVER, HE WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC) The compressed globular body is raised on the backs of three squatting, bird-like mythological creatures with feathered wings, scaly bodies, ornate horns and front claws clasped in front of the chest, and the sides are 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 is formed by the forequarters and head of a bird with hooked beak, and the low domed cover cast with fine interlocking scrolls is attached by a linked chain to a large ring that encircles the dragon-form handle cast with stripes on the sides. The vessel has areas of cuprite patina and blue-green encrustation. 10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) wide Provenance The T.T. Tsui Collection, Hong Kong, before 1996. Christie's New York, 26 March 2003, lot 156.
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