A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC

A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is raised on a ring foot cast in imitation of twisted rope, and has a globular lower body that tapers to a cylindrical neck angled to one side. The body and neck are cast with four bands of dense interlocking scroll pattern, and one side is set with an ear-shaped handle connected by a link chain to the cover cast as a bird with raised head and hinged beak above the feet which grasp serpents.
12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION