A FACETED BRONZE STORAGE VESSEL, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY...

A FACETED BRONZE STORAGE VESSEL, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY
China, 206 BC-AD 220. The faceted pear-shaped body, raised on a slightly flared square foot, is applied to either side with a taotie mask handle and a loose ring. Naturally grown malachite and lapis lazuli patina.

Provenance: From the collection of Josette and Théo Schulmann, Paris, France, acquired between 1960 and 1970. A French export certificate accompanies this lot.
Condition: Extensive wear, patina and encrustations with only small areas of the bronze still visible, minor dents and fissures, overall condition exactly as expected from a bronze of this age.

Weight: 3,311 g (the vessel)
Dimensions: Height 36.7 cm (the vessel)

Auction result comparison: Compare with a much smaller fanghu vessel with a cover sold by Christie’s London in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 7 November 2017, lot 172, for GBP £8,125 incl. buyer’s premium.

青銅雙獸首銜環耳方壺，漢代
中國，公元前206 至公元220。壺身呈橢方形，長頸大腹，直口，獸首銜環耳，缺一耳。天然青綠色包漿。

來源：法國巴黎Josette 與 Théo Schulmann收藏，購於1960 至1970年間。附法國出口證書。
品相：廣汎磨損，局部可見包漿和結殼，輕微凹痕和裂縫。整體狀況符合其他年代。

重量：壺3,311克
尺寸：壺高36.7 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相似青銅雙獸首銜環耳方蓋壺2017年11月7日于倫敦佳士得《中國瓷器及工藝精品》拍號172，成交價GBP £8,125含買家佣金。