A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU

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25.09.2020 14:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 1512 | A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU

SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC

The vessel is raised on a ring foot cast in imitation of twisted rope, and has a globular lower body that tapers to a cylindrical neck angled to one side. The body and neck are cast with four bands of dense interlocking scroll pattern, and one side is set with an ear-shaped handle connected by a link chain to the cover cast as a bird with raised head and hinged beak above the feet which grasp serpents.

12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high

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