The Personal Collection of the l𝓀ate Sir Joseph Hotung 何鴻卿爵士私人珍藏

An archaic copper-inlaid bronze wine vessel, hu,

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

東周戰國時期 青銅嵌紅銅蟠螭紋壺

the rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked at the shoulder with a pair of zoomorphic masks suspending loose rings,ꦯ the body divided into three horizontal registers by th💦ree plain bands in low relief, each register cast with interlocking dragons in various orientations, all below a chevron band inlaid with copper sheet encircling the rim, the domed cover set with three abstract zoomorphic finials

overall h. 35.1 cm