A GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL (HU) AND COVER WITH A BASIN HAN DYNASTY |

the hu with a globular body supported on three short legs and rising to a tall sloping neck, the arched handle terminating in a dragon head at each end and attached by an openwork chain to the pair of loops at the shoulder of the vessel, the bell-shaped cover covering the neck of the vase and aligning flush with the shoulder, the top of the cover slightly domed and set with three hooked loops, the basin with deep rounded sides and a short everted rim, the exterior cast with four raised fillets encircling the widest point and a pair of low-relief beast-masks each with a small loop (3)

Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 29th July 1988. 
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 1962.

The basin with some dents along the rim. All three components, vessel, cover and basin with expected wear, accretions, wear to the gilt, metal erosion, minor dents, and have been cleaned and polished; all consistent with age and type.
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