A RARE BRONZE PEACOCK-FORM VESSEL HAN DYNASTY
solidly cast in the form of the bird standing with its wings folded and its tail trailing out, its face detailed with bulging eyes and a pointed beak beneath a crest, its slender legs terminating in large talons, the wings and tail incised with feather markings, with a raised circular aperture on the back, wood stand (2)
Length 5 in., 12.8 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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solidly cast in the form of the bird standing with its wings folded and its tail trailing out, its face detailed with bulging eyes and a pointed beak beneath a crest, its slender legs terminating in large talons, the wings and tail incised with feather markings, with a raised circular aperture on the back, wood stand (2)
Length 5 in., 12.8 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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Time, Location
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