A pair of gold foil-embellished and painted-lacquer goblets with gold-inlaid bronze mounts, Western Han dynasty | 西漢 彩繪貼金箔銅錯金扣瑞獸雲氣紋高足漆盃一對

A pair of gold foil-embellished and painted-lacquer goblets with gold-inlaid bronze mounts,

Western Han dynasty

西漢 彩繪貼金箔銅錯金扣瑞獸雲氣紋高足漆盃一對

each beautifully painted around the exterior in red lacquer against a black lacquered ground with a wide frieze of undulating cloud scrolls, interspersed with small animals embellished in gold foil, including a tiger, an antelope, a bird and canines, above a decorative border, all between a gold-inlaid bronze rim and a splayed foot, the interior lacquered red and encircled with a similar decorative band in black lacquer below the rim

16.7 cm