CHINESE CAST BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, MODERN REPRODUCTION IN THE ARCHAIC “HE” FORM. FEATURES A GLOBULAR BODY SUPPORTED BY THREE CORBELED STYLIZED LEGS, A SHORT ANGLED SPOUT POURING LIP OUTLET, AND TWO LARGE VERTICAL LOOP “U”-SHAPE HANDLES MOUNTED TO THE UPPER RIMS. FITTED WITH A REMOVABLE DOME-SHAPED LID TOPPED BY A LOOP FINIAL AND A SMALL ATTACHED FREELY RENDERED ANIMAL DESIGN HARNESS. THE EXTERIOR SURFACES ARE DECORATED WITH AN INLAID SILVER-TONE COMPOSITIONAL DESIGN EMBEDDED WITH REPEATING GEOMETRIC SCROLL PATTERNS, SPIRALING CLOUD BANDS, AND STYLIZED FOUR-PETAL FLORAL CLUSTER ROSETTE MOTIFS. EXHIBITS AN ALL-OVER AGE-SIMULATED ENCRUSTATION VARYING FROM MALACHITE GREEN TO CRUSTY RED-BROWN PATINATION AND EARTHEN OXIDATION FIELDS. THE UNDERSIDE RETAINS THREE SEAM LINES TRAVERSING TO THE LOWER REGIONS WITHOUT DISTINGUISHABLE REIGN MARKS.
MEASURES APPROX. 7″ TALL AND 6″ IN RIM DIAMETER