A RARE LARGE RITUAL BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND A COVER, HU
MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY BC
A RARE LARGE RITUAL BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND A COVER, HU MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY BC The pear-shaped body cast in high relief with two wave bands, the lower band incorporating four stylized taotie masks alternating with addorsed dragon pattern, a further wave band on the flared neck interrupted by a pair of animal mask loop handles suspending ribbed ring handles, the whole raised on a spreading foot encircled by a similar undulating band, the cover with deep lower collar below a band of scrolls on the sides, the slightly domed center within a flared crown cast with a tightly coiled bird with long tapering beak, claw foot and long crest feather, with malachite, azurite and some ferrous encrustation 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high
A RARE LARGE RITUAL BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND A COVER, HU
MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY BC
A RARE LARGE RITUAL BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND A COVER, HU MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY BC The pear-shaped body cast in high relief with two wave bands, the lower band incorporating four stylized taotie masks alternating with addorsed dragon pattern, a further wave band on the flared neck interrupted by a pair of animal mask loop handles suspending ribbed ring handles, the whole raised on a spreading foot encircled by a similar undulating band, the cover with deep lower collar below a band of scrolls on the sides, the slightly domed center within a flared crown cast with a tightly coiled bird with long tapering beak, claw foot and long crest feather, with malachite, azurite and some ferrous encrustation 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high
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