Pre-Ming Bronze Bird-Form Ritual Vessel with Upturned Tail
Pre-Ming Bronze Bird-Form Ritual Vessel with Upturned TailA ritual vessel in the form of a bird: the head is raised high with a crest, the body densely covered with scale-feather decoration against a key-fret ground, and there is a lidded opening on the back, the cover surmounted by a small bird. The bird stands on a single foot with its tail turned up, the whole cast with archaic bronze decoration. It retains its original cloud-form stand carved from a single block of wood. A bronze ritual vessel.Vessel height 29cm, Length 29cm, Width 10.5cm1561g
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Pre-Ming Bronze Bird-Form Ritual Vessel with Upturned TailA ritual vessel in the form of a bird: the head is raised high with a crest, the body densely covered with scale-feather decoration against a key-fret ground, and there is a lidded opening on the back, the cover surmounted by a small bird. The bird stands on a single foot with its tail turned up, the whole cast with archaic bronze decoration. It retains its original cloud-form stand carved from a single block of wood. A bronze ritual vessel.Vessel height 29cm, Length 29cm, Width 10.5cm1561g
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