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An unusual azurite-painted bronze ribbed vessel and cover, hu, Eastern Zhou dynasty | 東周 青銅嵌石青豎棱蓋壺
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An unusual azurite-painted bronze ribbed vessel and cover, hu,
Eastern Zhou dynasty
東周 青銅嵌石青豎棱蓋壺
the globular body cast with vertical flutes, intersected by three horizontal azurite-decorated chevon fillets, flanked by a pair of mythical animal mask handles suspending loose rings, all between a waisted neck and a short sprayed foot similarly decorated with bands of geometric patterns, the ribbed cover with an intricate rosette design and surmounted by three elaborate bird-shaped finials
overall h. 34.4 cm
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 13th April 1990.
安思遠，紐約，1990年4月13日
Selected Treasures of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 185.
J. Keith Wilson, 'A Recently Acquired Archaic Sculptural Bronze', Oriental Art, vol. 38, no. 4, 1993, pp. 222-30, fig. 7.
《歷代文物萃珍：敏求精舍三十週年紀念展》，香港，1990年，編號185
J. Keith Wilson，〈A Recently Acquired Archaic Sculptural Bronze〉，《Oriental Art》，卷38，第4期，1993年，頁
222-30，圖7