A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL EWER HE

A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL EWER HE
The body divided into four lobes and raised on four slightly tapering legs, the shoulder cast in fine intaglio, with friezes of coiled chilong amidst leiwen cast on the neck and the domed cover which has a small loop on top and another to one side which is attached by a link to another small loop at the top of the C-scroll handle which is surmounted by the head of a ruminant and is set opposite a spout rising diagonally from the shoulder, both the handle and spout with intaglio decoration, with green encrustation.
Dimension: L. 26 cm. W. 16 cm. H. 22 cm. Weight 3320 grams.
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