A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC TURQUOISE INLAID BRONZE WINE VESSEL FOU

A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC TURQUOISE INLAID BRONZE WINE VESSEL FOU
During the late Eastern Zhou period, 6th-3rd century BC, various inlays were sometimes used to decorate bronze vessels. These inlays included copper, silver, gold, turquoise and a black matrix. The jar is decorated with geometric patterns, flanked by a pair of taotie masks suspending loose rings. The low, conical cover has similar decoration and three hooked projections that function as supports when the cover is inverted.
Dimension: L. 22 cm. W. 21 cm. H. 33 cm. Weight 3960 grams.
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