AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHU - photo 1

AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHU

Lot 719
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 719 | AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHU
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$ 400 000 – 600 000
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHU

WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

The four-sided vessel is set with loose rings suspending loose ring handles on opposite sides, and is decorated on each side with elaborate pictorial scenes arranged in horizontal registers. The flat, raised bronze motifs of the scenes are silhouetted against a sunken background bearing extensive remains of an inlaid paste. The bronze of the raised motifs has a brownish-red and green patina.

16 3⁄4 in. (43 cm.) high







Provenance

Kaikodo, New York, before 1996.





Literature

Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 1996, no. 54.





Exhibited

New York, Kaikodo, 23 March-20 April 1996.
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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