Auction 82
Oct 18, 2020
Italy
 Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
 - I lotti verranno aggiudicati definitivamente in sala durante l’asta che si svolgerà il 18 ottobre 2020 dalle ore 11:00 CEST per i lotti 1-202 e dalle ore 15.00 CEST per i lotti 203 - 470 presso Crespi Bonsai Museum in S.S del Sempione, 37 20015 Parabiago.
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LOT 33:

A BRONZE WINE FLASK, BIANHU
China, Han dynasty

The body with a flattened ...

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A BRONZE WINE FLASK, BIANHU
China, Han dynasty

The body with a flattened oval shape supported by a rectangular section base and surmounted by a cylindrical neck with bulging mouth.

25,2 cm high

Provenance : Fabrizio Savi collection, acquired from Anthony J. Allen, Auckland, New Zealand, between 1995 and 2000.


Published in A.J. Allen, Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Auckland 2001, pp. 106-107.

This particular shape was already in vogue during the Warring States Period, widespread even in the Han dynasty.


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