ID 718546
Lot 719 | AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHU
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
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 |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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