A COPPER-INLAID GILT BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU Han Dynasty
A COPPER-INLAID GILT BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU
Han Dynasty
The pear-shaped body encircled by three concentric raised ribs each inlaid in copper with archaistic geometric patterns, the shoulders flanked by a pair of taotie masks suspending loose rings, covered overall with a rich patina with splashes of gilt and some malachite encrustation, all below a chevron band inlaid with a copper sheet encircling the rim.
30cm (12in) high
漢 銅嵌紅銅壺
Provenance:
Michael Goedhuis, London (label)
This vase compares to a related copper-inlaid hu dating to a similar period illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D. C., 1995, p. 281, fig. 50.1. A vessel with copper-inlaid bands and chevrons may also be found dating to the mid-Warring States period, 5th century BC, illustrated in L. d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p. 131, pl. LVII.
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A COPPER-INLAID GILT BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU
Han Dynasty
The pear-shaped body encircled by three concentric raised ribs each inlaid in copper with archaistic geometric patterns, the shoulders flanked by a pair of taotie masks suspending loose rings, covered overall with a rich patina with splashes of gilt and some malachite encrustation, all below a chevron band inlaid with a copper sheet encircling the rim.
30cm (12in) high
漢 銅嵌紅銅壺
Provenance:
Michael Goedhuis, London (label)
This vase compares to a related copper-inlaid hu dating to a similar period illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D. C., 1995, p. 281, fig. 50.1. A vessel with copper-inlaid bands and chevrons may also be found dating to the mid-Warring States period, 5th century BC, illustrated in L. d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p. 131, pl. LVII.
