A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, BO HU
MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, BO HU MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC The faceted pear-shaped body raised on a pedestal foot encircled by an undulating band, the sides molded in quadrants with strapwork cast in high relief at the interstices with diamond-shaped bosses, the neck cast with addorsed, long-tailed birds with backward-turned heads and long trailing crests on two sides between a pair of taotie -mask lug handles on the narrow sides, the cover with deep collar and cast with a band of similar birds below the crown, with mottled green patina and some encrustation 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, BO HU
MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, BO HU MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC The faceted pear-shaped body raised on a pedestal foot encircled by an undulating band, the sides molded in quadrants with strapwork cast in high relief at the interstices with diamond-shaped bosses, the neck cast with addorsed, long-tailed birds with backward-turned heads and long trailing crests on two sides between a pair of taotie -mask lug handles on the narrow sides, the cover with deep collar and cast with a band of similar birds below the crown, with mottled green patina and some encrustation 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
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