A bronze ritual food vessel and cover, gui, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn - Warring States period | 東周春秋至戰國 青銅蟠螭紋蓋簋

the wide gently rounded body raised on a tall splayed galleried foot, the body decorated with a dense band of the 'coiling snake' panhui motifs, interrupted by a pair of handles cast in the form of a mythical beast, above a border of echoing scrollwork encircling the foot, the cover similarly cast with panhui and scrolling motifs, Japanese wood box

w. 30.4 cm