A Chinese Gilt Bronze Jar and Cover, possibly circa 4th century BC

A Chinese Gilt Bronze Jar and Cover, possibly circa 4th century BC, A Chinese Gilt Bronze Jar and Cover, possibly circa 4th century BC, of baluster form with wheel finial and loop and mask handles, worked in low relief with bands of archaistic figures and motifs 29cm high See Watson, William, The Arts of China to AD 900, Yale University Press 1995, pg.94, pl.94 for a n example with similar bird and humanoid motifs. A similar water vessel, guan fou, is illustrated in Ancient Art from Hubei, Gaoxiong City Art Gallery, 1987, pg.89

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