A small bronze basin. Han dynasty

A small bronze basin. Han dynasty

A small bronze basin with a horizontal ridge to the body and two small taotie masks with eyelets. Crack to the rim. Mounted on a cylinder attached to a small bronze mirror functioning as a foot. At the base collector's numer 236 in black ink. Wooden lid.

Height 8,5 cm

** Provenance
Acquired from Ernst Fritzsche, Berlin, registered 23.1.1920

There is a further note reading "Erinnerung an den I. Reichsparteitag des Zentrums 17.1.-22.1.20. Berlin" (in commemorance of the the First Rally of the Zentrum Party 17.1.-22.1.20 Berlin).

漢 青銅饕餮紋豆

來源：1920年1月23日購於德國柏林Ernst Fritzsche藝術商