An archaic copper-inlaid bronze wine vessel, hu, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period 東周戰國時期 青銅嵌紅銅蟠螭紋壺

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung 何鴻卿爵士私人珍藏

An archaic copper-inlaid bronze wine vessel, hu,

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

東周戰國時期 青銅嵌紅銅蟠螭紋壺

the rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked at the shoulder with a pair of zoomorphic masks suspending loose rings, the body divided into three horizontal registers by three plain bands in low relief, each register cast with interlocking dragons in various orientations, all below a chevron band inlaid with copper sheet encircling the rim, the domed cover set with three abstract zoomorphic finials

overall h. 35.1 cm