A rare bronze arrow vase, touhu, Southern and Northern Dynasties | 南北朝 響銅投壺

An early example of arrow vase in this form, which includes a handle on the mouth rim, is extremely rare. Compare a related example in a similar form, collected by The Yūrinkan Museum, Japan, illustrated in Chūgoku no sahari: rokurobiki no seidōki : tokubetsuten [Chinese Sahari Bronze: Lathe-Turned Bronze Ware – A Special Exhibition], Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi, 1999, p. 11, no. 11.

此類口沿帶片狀把柄之投壺極為少見，可比較日本藤井友鄰館藏一件南北朝之例，頗類似，見《中国の響銅: 轆轤挽きの青銅器 : 特别展》，和泉市久保惣記念美術館，1999年，頁11，編號11。