A RARE SMALL BRONZE CONTAINER AND COVER
EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC
A RARE SMALL BRONZE CONTAINER AND COVER EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC The vessel of oblong section and pouch-like form, flat-cast on both convex sides with a pair of confronted dragons with boss-like eyes, their scrolled bodies continuing up above their heads to form two other confronted dragons, the flat narrow sides with further dragon scroll that continues under the bottom of the vessel, with a pair of small lug handles projecting from the rim that sit below corresponding loops projecting from the rim of the cover decorated with an S-shaped dragon scroll, with mottled green and reddish-brown patina 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) across handles and high
A RARE SMALL BRONZE CONTAINER AND COVER
EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC
A RARE SMALL BRONZE CONTAINER AND COVER EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC The vessel of oblong section and pouch-like form, flat-cast on both convex sides with a pair of confronted dragons with boss-like eyes, their scrolled bodies continuing up above their heads to form two other confronted dragons, the flat narrow sides with further dragon scroll that continues under the bottom of the vessel, with a pair of small lug handles projecting from the rim that sit below corresponding loops projecting from the rim of the cover decorated with an S-shaped dragon scroll, with mottled green and reddish-brown patina 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) across handles and high
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