CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC ZHOU / HAN STYLE)
HEAVY PATINATED BRONZE / COPPER ALLOY COVERED RITUAL WINE VESSEL OF BARREL-FORM SECTION, RAISED ON THREE CROUCHING BEAR-FORM FEET IN THE MANNER OF A HAN DYNASTY ZUN
FLANKED BY ANIMAL-MASK LOOP LUGS SUSPENDING A TALL ARCHED SWING HANDLE, WITH CHAIN LINKS CONNECTING TO THE DOMED COVER
THE NECK CAST WITH AN EXTENSIVE COMMEMORATIVE ARCHAIC BRONZE-SCRIPT (JINWEN) INSCRIPTION
SURFACE DISPLAYING A RICH MOTTLED DARK BROWN PATINA ENRICHED WITH SCATTERED VERDIGRIS BURIAL ENCRUSTATIONS
APPROX. 8.75 IN HIGH (WITHOUT HANDLE)
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE / ALLOY RITUAL VESSEL
CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC ZHOU / HAN STYLE) HEAVY PATINATED BRONZE / COPPER ALLOY COVERED RITUAL WINE VESSEL OF BARREL-FORM SECTION, RAISED ON THREE CROUCHING BEAR-FORM FEET IN THE MANNER OF A HAN DYNASTY ZUN FLANKED BY ANIMAL-MASK LOOP LUGS SUSPENDING A TALL ARCHED SWING HANDLE, WITH CHAIN LINKS CONNECTING TO THE DOMED…