Archaic Style Bronze Jar

20TH CENTURY A.D.

11 3/8 in. (2.24 kg, 29 cm high).

Lidded square-section vessel (fanghu) adorned with ring handles to the lid; reserved detailing depicting mythic bird creatures, geometric and floral motifs, repeated on the interior and exterior of the lid; two lateral loop handles on rings.

Provenance

From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 2008