An archaic bronze wine vessel and cover (Hu)Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period東周 戰國 青銅卷龍紋鋪首耳壺 the pear-shaped body with four registers of repeating pairs of abstracted snake-dragons, each snake-dragon with a finely patterned S-curved body rising and falling in varying levels of relief and centered by a raised boss, recessed bands dividing each register, the neck with geometric cicada lappets rising from a chevron-and-spiral band and set with a pair of beast-mask handles, each suspending a loose ring connected by a loop-and-bar chain to an arched handle with dragon-head terminals, the domed cover cast with concentric bands of abstract motifs and set with a pair of upright loops, all supported on a straight foot cast with a braided band (2) Height 11 in., 27.9 cmCondition reportIn general good condition with some expected wear and casting imperfections, including two original cast patch repairs to the lower body. X-Ray available upon request. 整體品相良好。見些許正常磨損及鑄造瑕疵，包括下腹部兩處原始補鑄痕跡。X光片可供索取。 For more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact Randi.Yiu@sothebys.com.
An archaic bronze wine vessel and cover (Hu)Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period東周 戰國 青銅卷龍紋鋪首耳壺 the pear-shaped body with four registers of repeating pairs of abstracted snake-dragons, each snake-dragon with a finely patterned S-curved body rising and falling in varying levels of relief and centered by a raised boss, recessed bands dividing each register, the neck with geometric cicada lappets rising from a chevron-and-spiral band and set with a pair of beast-mask handles, each suspending a loose ring connected by a loop-and-bar chain to an arched handle with dragon-head terminals, the domed cover cast with concentric bands of abstract motifs and set with a pair of upright loops, all supported on a straight foot cast with a braided band (2) Height 11 in., 27.9 cmCondition reportIn general good condition with some expected wear and casting imperfections, including two original cast patch repairs to the lower body. X-Ray available upon request. 整體品相良好。見些許正常磨損及鑄造瑕疵，包括下腹部兩處原始補鑄痕跡。X光片可供索取。 For more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact Randi.Yiu@sothebys.com.
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