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A cast bronze food steamer.…
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Melbourne
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1-Dec-2024
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A cast bronze food steamer. Warring States period, (475- BC). The globular vessel raised on a flared foot and cast with three rows of addorsed kui-dragons and one of a twisted rope chain set off by a pair of taotie masks suspending single rings, the decoration repeated in modified pattern on the cover under a rounded flat handle, the interior pierced for use, the surface covered with a malachite patina and earthen encrustation. Provenance: lot 8492, Bonhams' San Francisco, 24 June 2015. Important private collection, Melbourne, approx height 16 cm diameter 16.5 cm
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