A CHINESE ARCHAIC PAINTED POTTERY RITUAL WINE VESSEL, BIANHU, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (202BC-9AD)

of flattened oval shape raised on an oval spreading foot, the front and back face painted in white, red and green with an oval panel enclosing a tiger, applied at the shoulder with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, 23cm wide Provenance: Christie's, 10 December 1998, lot 389. 西汉 彩绘虎纹兽面衔环耳陶扁壶一件of flattened oval shape raised on an oval spreading foot, the front and back face painted in white, red and green with an oval panel enclosing a tiger, applied at the shoulder with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, 23cm wide Provenance: Christie's, 10 December 1998, lot 389.

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