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The basin stands on three bulbous legs with two inverted U-shaped handles of rectangular cross-section, the body with two wide registers with dissolved dragons detailed with meander on a plain ground separated by a thin undecorated band, the handles and upper parts of the legs with volutes. The flat-domed cover with three ring handles decorated with two concentric zones filled with the same type of decoration as on the body, the central roundel with volutes and spirals. Mould marks to the base and base. Various restorations to body and lid.
Dimensions: Height 26.1 cm; inner diameter 21 cm; diameter across the handles 35 cm
Literature: Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York 1995, no. 13-17 and 20
Provenance: Collection Gottfried Hertel (1925-2019), Cologne
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