AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD WINE CONTAINER, COVER AND TRAY, WEN JIU ZUN AND PAN
LATE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD WINE CONTAINER, COVER AND TRAY, WEN JIU ZUN AND PAN LATE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC The tripod container has a pair of mask and loose ring handles, and is raised on three stylized bear supports. The sides are encircled by a bowstring band separating two registers chased with various animals and birds amidst mountainous landscapes between decorative borders. Further chased animals are shown amidst the mountains cast on the conical cover below the phoenix-form finial. The center of the tripod tray is chased with a quatrefoil motif surrounded by racing birds and animals and a band of birds and animals divided into four panels by stylized trees, all within further decorative borders. Vessel and cover 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high, tray 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) diam. (2)
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD WINE CONTAINER, COVER AND TRAY, WEN JIU ZUN AND PAN
LATE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD WINE CONTAINER, COVER AND TRAY, WEN JIU ZUN AND PAN LATE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC The tripod container has a pair of mask and loose ring handles, and is raised on three stylized bear supports. The sides are encircled by a bowstring band separating two registers chased with various animals and birds amidst mountainous landscapes between decorative borders. Further chased animals are shown amidst the mountains cast on the conical cover below the phoenix-form finial. The center of the tripod tray is chased with a quatrefoil motif surrounded by racing birds and animals and a band of birds and animals divided into four panels by stylized trees, all within further decorative borders. Vessel and cover 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high, tray 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) diam. (2)
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