A RARE SMALL BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YU) WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC

the sides flaring widely from the flat base curving sharply in at the angled shoulders before rising to the flared flattened mouth, cast with two bands of repeated panels of interlaced serpents, with a further interlaced serpent band at the shoulder, the greenish-gray patina with malachite encrustation

A private St. Louis, Missouri Collection.
The Zeiser Collection.