An archaic copper-inlaid bronze wine vessel, bianhu, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周戰國時期 青銅嵌紅銅蟠虺紋鋪首環耳扁壺

An archaic copper-inlaid bronze wine vessel, bianhu,

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

東周戰國時期 青銅嵌紅銅蟠虺紋鋪首環耳扁壺

the flattened oval body raised on a spreading rectangular foot, each side crisply cast in low relief with nineteen panels arranged in five rows and divided by raised borders inlaid with copper sheet, each panel enclosing a dense pattern of interlocking dragons, the shoulder cast with six matching panels and set with animal masks suspending loose rings, the neck decorated with a chevron band inlaid with copper sheet

h. 31.1 cm, w. 31 cm