 | | |  |
 |  |  | |  |  | |  |  |  | |
|  |  |  |
|
Home | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
PAIR OF GILT BRONZE HU-SHAPE COVERED VESSELS browse these categories for related items... All Items: Chinese: Metalwork: Bronze: Pre AD 1000: item #788888 Please refer to our stock #788888 when inquiring.
Price on request |
|
|
| Han Dynasty (206 BC - 221 AD) Of the usual hu-shape form with a globular body and tapered neck, flanked with a taotie mask ring-handle on either side. The fitted cover is decorated with three phoenix, which would serve as feet when the cover is removed and placed on the ground. Compare with a similar example illustrated in Gisele Croes' catalog for the XVIIe Biennal des Antiquaires - Paris 1994, p. 68-69. Chemical and Microscopic analysis test report available. H: 7in. (17.8 cm.) Ref. 788888 | ||