AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL AND COVER (HU) WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

the solidly cast undecorated body of circular section and slender pear shape, supported on a wide splayed foot, the shoulders set with a pair of lug handles, the cover surmounted with a flared hollow ring knop, the pale green patina with extensive malachite and cuprite encrustation, the interior with azurite encrustation (2)

Collection of Paulette Goddard Remarque.
Sotheby's London, 13th December 1977, lot 218.