A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL, DOU, WARRING STATES/HAN DYNASTY (480BC-220AD)

the semi-circular body rising from a tall spreading foot and set with a pair of loop handles at the rim, the domed cover set with a flaring knop, covered overall with an even malachite patina, 12cm high Footnote: Compare a dou from the Arthur M. Sakler collection, illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, no. 24, dated to late Spring and Autumn period, 6th century BC. See, also a dou from The C.C. Wang Family Collection, sold Sotheby's New York, 27 November 1990, lot 56, and again at Christie's New York, 19th September 2013, lot 1108. 战国至汉 青铜双耳盖豆一件the semi-circular body rising from a tall spreading foot and set with a pair of loop handles at the rim, the domed cover set with a flaring knop, covered overall with an even malachite patina, 12cm high Footnote: Compare a dou from the Arthur M. Sakler collection, illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, no. 24, dated to late Spring and Autumn period, 6th century BC. See, also a dou from The C.C. Wang Family Collection, sold Sotheby's New York, 27 November 1990, lot 56, and again at Christie's New York, 19th September 2013, lot 1108.

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