A VERY RARE MINIATURE SILVER AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL (HU) HAN DYNASTY of compressed spherical form supported on three bear-form feet, the sides set with opposing loop handles suspending rings, finely gilt with a turtledove and beast amidst cloud scrolls forming the main register around the steeply rounded sides below a narrow gilt band, the neck decorated with a frieze of triangular motifs underneath another narrow gilt band, the cover surmounted with a ringed loop finial, decorated with gilt floral patterns, all outlined by engravings and reserved on a silver-gilt ground Height 2 1/4 in., 5.6 cm
A VERY RARE MINIATURE SILVER AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL (HU) HAN DYNASTY of compressed spherical form supported on three bear-form feet, the sides set with opposing loop handles suspending rings, finely gilt with a turtledove and beast amidst cloud scrolls forming the main register around the steeply rounded sides below a narrow gilt band, the neck decorated with a frieze of triangular motifs underneath another narrow gilt band, the cover surmounted with a ringed loop finial, decorated with gilt floral patterns, all outlined by engravings and reserved on a silver-gilt ground Height 2 1/4 in., 5.6 cm
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