CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BIANHU FLASK

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CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) CAST PATINATED BRONZE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL FLATTENED WINE FLASK AND COVER (BIANHU), CAST AFTER THE WARRING STATES TO WESTERN HAN DYNASTY PROTOTYPE FEATURING A FLATTENED LENTICULAR DISCOID BODY RAISED ON A SPREADING RECTILINEAR FOOT AND TOPPED BY A CYLINDRICAL NECK FITTED WITH A DOMED DISC COVER SURMOUNTED BY A LOOP APERTURE FINIAL THE NARROW FLANKS APPLIED WITH A PAIR OF RETICULATED TAOTIE BEAST MASKS SUSPENDING ARTICULATED CIRCULAR LOOSE RINGS THE BROAD FRONT AND REAR PANELS INTENSELY CAST WITH CONTINUOUS ARCHITECTURAL VOLUTES, CONFRONTED ARCHETYPE KUILONG DRAGONS, AND WAVE SCROLL REGISTERS THE SURFACE ENRICHED WITH AN APPLIED ARCHAISTIC VERDIGRIS AND MALACHITE PATINATION INTERSPERSED WITH CHALK-WHITE BURIAL ALTERATIONS AND GILT COPPER HIGHLIGHTS PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO APPROX. 10.75 IN HIGH, 9.75 IN WIDE, 3.75 IN DEEP

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