A bronze vessel and cover, fanghu, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周戰國 青銅羽翅紋方蓋壺
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May 7, 03:37 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
of square section, the swelling belly rising from a straight foot to a slightly flaring neck, each side of the vessel decorated with three main registers of tight scrollwork, further set with an animal mask handle suspending a loose ring, the cover set with four dragon-shaped finials, Japanese wood box
h. 27.8 cm
The form of the current vessel is relatively more compressed than other more commonly seen Warring States period to Western Han dynasty examples. A comparable Warring States period fanghu is preserved in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in Chen Peifen, Xia Shang Zhou qingtongqi yanjiu [Study of archaic bronzes from Shang, Shang and Zhou dynasties], Dongzhou [Eastern Zhou] vol. 2, Shanghai, 2004, pl. 623.
壺蓋盝頂，四角各鑄翹尾小龍，壺方口，短頸，溜肩，鼓腹，四面肩上各飾啣環鋪首一具，腹下收至圈足，壺身以直欄間出長方格，其內翻模範鑄相同的羽翅紋。
此壺形態比之常見的戰國至西漢方壺較為矮扁鼓脹，其器型可比較上海博物館藏一件戰國變形獸紋方壺，見陳佩芬著，《夏商周青銅器研究·東周下》，上海，2004年，編號623。