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PAIR OF GILT BRONZE HU-SHAPE COVERED VESSELS
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
Price on request
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