A bronze garlic-head flask (Bianhu), Han dynasty | 漢 青銅蒜頭扁壺

A bronze garlic-head flask (Bianhu)

Han dynasty

漢 青銅蒜頭扁壺

of flattened oblong form set over a slightly splayed rectangular foot rising to a short waisted neck and garlic bulb-shaped mouth, the broad sides each with raised and stepped concentric ovals, the narrow sides plain, the surface with grey patina and malachite encrustation

Width 13½ in., 34.3 cm