A BRONZE STORAGE VESSEL AND COVER WITH BIRD-FORM FINIALS, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY
A BRONZE STORAGE VESSEL AND COVER WITH BIRD-FORM FINIALS, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY
China, 206 BC to AD 220. The faceted pear-shaped body raised on a slightly spreading square foot and applied to opposing sides with taotie mask handles suspending loose rings, the square cover surmounted by four flattened bird-form finials.
Provenance: From a French private collection.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, corrosion, encrustations, casting flaws, losses, cracks, nicks, scratches. The bronze with a superb, naturally grown patina with scattered malachite encrustations.
Weight: 2.3 kg
Dimensions: Height 33.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze fanghu, excavated at Shuihudi, Yunmeng, Hubei province, now in the Yunmeng County Museum, published in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji ('Complete collection of Chinese archaic bronzes'), vol. 12, Beijing, 1998, pl. 9. Compare a related bronze fanghu in the collection of the Fujii Yurinkan, Kyoto, illustrated in Sueji Umehara, Nihon shucho Shina kodo seikwa ('Select Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Japan'), vol. 6, Osaka, 1964, pl. 471.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams Los Angeles, 21 June 2022, lot 87
Price: USD 3,570 or approx. EUR 3,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An archaic bronze vessel and cover, Fanghu, Han dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of casting with similar bird-form finials, patina, and size (35.6 cm).
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A BRONZE STORAGE VESSEL AND COVER WITH BIRD-FORM FINIALS, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY
China, 206 BC to AD 220. The faceted pear-shaped body raised on a slightly spreading square foot and applied to opposing sides with taotie mask handles suspending loose rings, the square cover surmounted by four flattened bird-form finials.
Provenance: From a French private collection.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, corrosion, encrustations, casting flaws, losses, cracks, nicks, scratches. The bronze with a superb, naturally grown patina with scattered malachite encrustations.
Weight: 2.3 kg
Dimensions: Height 33.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze fanghu, excavated at Shuihudi, Yunmeng, Hubei province, now in the Yunmeng County Museum, published in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji ('Complete collection of Chinese archaic bronzes'), vol. 12, Beijing, 1998, pl. 9. Compare a related bronze fanghu in the collection of the Fujii Yurinkan, Kyoto, illustrated in Sueji Umehara, Nihon shucho Shina kodo seikwa ('Select Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Japan'), vol. 6, Osaka, 1964, pl. 471.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams Los Angeles, 21 June 2022, lot 87
Price: USD 3,570 or approx. EUR 3,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An archaic bronze vessel and cover, Fanghu, Han dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of casting with similar bird-form finials, patina, and size (35.6 cm).
