, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN, EARLY WARRING STATES, 6TH-5TH CENTURY, BC, with large chamber below a tubular shank, encircled by a thick collar, a loop in front, the octagobal tubular section decorated with cloud pattern, the collar with animal faces, nine blunt projecting studs are symmetrically arranged on either side of the vertical panels of the facaded, interlocking dragon motifs fill the spaces between, the striking area above the arched rim decorated mainly with dragons. 54cm high
Provenance:
From the collection of a Taiwanese collector.