THE ZUO CE HUAN YOU AN IMPORTANT BRONZE WINE VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC well cast of oval section, the slightly compressed pear-shaped body raised on a splayed pedestal foot encircled by a bowstring band, cast in high relief on each side of the neck with a tapir head between two bowstring bands interrupted by loops attached to the tapir-head terminals of the overhead arch handle, the slightly waisted domed cover with wedge-shaped tabs projecting from either end and decorated with a similar band, echoing the designs on the body, surmounted by a ring-shaped knob, with matching thirty-five-character inscription on the insides of both vessel and cover, the surface of mottled green patina and green and azurite encrustation on the interior Height 9 5/8 in., 24.5 cm
THE ZUO CE HUAN YOU AN IMPORTANT BRONZE WINE VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC well cast of oval section, the slightly compressed pear-shaped body raised on a splayed pedestal foot encircled by a bowstring band, cast in high relief on each side of the neck with a tapir head between two bowstring bands interrupted by loops attached to the tapir-head terminals of the overhead arch handle, the slightly waisted domed cover with wedge-shaped tabs projecting from either end and decorated with a similar band, echoing the designs on the body, surmounted by a ring-shaped knob, with matching thirty-five-character inscription on the insides of both vessel and cover, the surface of mottled green patina and green and azurite encrustation on the interior Height 9 5/8 in., 24.5 cm
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