CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC ZHOU / HAN STYLE)
HEAVY PATINATED BRONZE / COPPER ALLOY COVERED RITUAL VESSEL (ZUN / LIAN) OF CYLINDRICAL FORM SET ON AN INTEGRAL SQUARE PLINTH
SURMOUNTED BY A FITTED COVER TOPPED WITH A FINELY DETAILED CROUCHING ARCHAIC BIRD FINIAL, THE COVER FLANGE INCISED WITH A BRONZE-SCRIPT (JINWEN) INSCRIPTION
THE DRUM-FORM BODY FLANKED BY TAOTIE MASK LOOSE-RING HANDLES
RAISED ON A RECTANGULAR BASE SURROUNDED BY FOUR CROUCHING BIRDS AT THE CORNERS AND SUPPORTED ON FOUR POWERFUL ZOOMORPHIC LEGS
7.5 IN HIGH, 4.5 X 4.5 IN
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE / ALLOY COVERED ZUN
CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC ZHOU / HAN STYLE) HEAVY PATINATED BRONZE / COPPER ALLOY COVERED RITUAL VESSEL (ZUN / LIAN) OF CYLINDRICAL FORM SET ON AN INTEGRAL SQUARE PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY A FITTED COVER TOPPED WITH A FINELY DETAILED CROUCHING ARCHAIC BIRD FINIAL, THE COVER FLANGE INCISED WITH A BRONZE-SCRIPT (JINWEN) INSCRIPTION THE…