THREE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSELS Warring States/Han Dynasty (4)

THREE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSELS Warring States/Han Dynasty Comprising a tripod vessel and cover, ding , cast with a pair of upright loop handles, supported on three waisted legs, the shallow domed cover cast with three evenly-spaced handles, 19.7cm (7 3/4in) wide ; a tripod cooking vessel, jiaodou , with a dragon-head handle, 27cm (10 1/2in) long ; and a cylindrical vase raised on three legs issuing from animal heads, the body set with a pair of taotie handles suspending loose rings, 25.5cm (10in) high. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 戰國/漢 青銅禮器 一組三件 See a soup-warming vessel with dragon-head handle, Six dynasties, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Travelling Exhibitions of the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China's Emperor , Beijing, 2016, no.150, where it is noted that: 'These bronze vessels were some of Emperor Qianlong's favourite treasures'; and a related example of the tripod vessel on the left, illustrated by B.Laufer, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty , Leiden, 1962, pl.XX, fig.3; for an example related to the cylindrical base, see International Exhibition of Chinese Art , London, 1935, no.114. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com