An unusual gold and silver-inlaid bronze tripod stand, Han dynasty | 漢 銅錯金銀三足座

A cylindrical vessel with a similar gold and silver-inlaid tripod ring and matching rim band from the Swedish Royal Collection was exhibited at the Stockholm Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes, B.M.F.E.A., Stockholm, 1933, fig. 2. Another silver-inlaid tripod stand from the Cull Collection is illustrated in Walter Perceval Yetts, The Cull Chinese Bronzes, London, 1939, pl. XIX, no. 15. See also a silver-inlaid example sold in our New York rooms, 4th December 1984, lot 24.