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Lot 148
A massive inscribed bronze ritual vessel and cover, dou 18th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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Find your local specialistA massive inscribed bronze ritual vessel and cover, dou
18th century
Cast after the archaic bronze prototype, the globular body flanked by a pair of loop handles and surmounted by a domed cover with three upright loop handles, supported on a tall splayed foot finely cast in relief with overlapping petals bound by a double band, the interior of the dou and the cover cast with identical seven-line archaistic pictogram inscriptions, traces of gilt.
44.7cm (17⅝in) high (2).
Cast after the archaic bronze prototype, the globular body flanked by a pair of loop handles and surmounted by a domed cover with three upright loop handles, supported on a tall splayed foot finely cast in relief with overlapping petals bound by a double band, the interior of the dou and the cover cast with identical seven-line archaistic pictogram inscriptions, traces of gilt.
44.7cm (17⅝in) high (2).














