CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)
CAST PATINATED BRONZE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL FLATTENED WINE FLASK AND COVER (BIANHU), CAST AFTER THE WARRING STATES TO WESTERN HAN DYNASTY PROTOTYPE
FEATURING A FLATTENED LENTICULAR DISCOID BODY RAISED ON A SPREADING RECTILINEAR FOOT AND TOPPED BY A CYLINDRICAL NECK FITTED WITH A DOMED DISC COVER SURMOUNTED BY A LOOP APERTURE FINIAL
THE NARROW FLANKS APPLIED WITH A PAIR OF RETICULATED TAOTIE BEAST MASKS SUSPENDING ARTICULATED CIRCULAR LOOSE RINGS
THE BROAD FRONT AND REAR PANELS INTENSELY CAST WITH CONTINUOUS ARCHITECTURAL VOLUTES, CONFRONTED ARCHETYPE KUILONG DRAGONS, AND WAVE SCROLL REGISTERS
THE SURFACE ENRICHED WITH AN APPLIED ARCHAISTIC VERDIGRIS AND MALACHITE PATINATION INTERSPERSED WITH CHALK-WHITE BURIAL ALTERATIONS AND GILT COPPER HIGHLIGHTS
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO
APPROX. 10.75 IN HIGH, 9.75 IN WIDE, 3.75 IN DEEP
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BIANHU FLASK
CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) CAST PATINATED BRONZE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL FLATTENED WINE FLASK AND COVER (BIANHU), CAST AFTER THE WARRING STATES TO WESTERN HAN DYNASTY PROTOTYPE FEATURING A FLATTENED LENTICULAR DISCOID BODY RAISED ON A SPREADING RECTILINEAR FOOT AND TOPPED BY A CYLINDRICAL NECK FITTED WITH A DOMED DISC COVER SURMOUNTED BY A LOOP APERTURE FINIAL…