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A SMALL RELIEF-DECORATED BRONZE WINE VESSEL, BIANHU, HAN DYNASTY
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Expert's note:The figural ornamentation of this vessel draws upon the stone-carved reliefs that once adorned the tombs of nobles and high-ranking officials during the late Eastern Han dynasty. These reliefs depict the military confrontations between the Qin and Han dynasties and used to be arranged in horizontal registers that covered the brick or stone panels forming the interior and exterior walls of funerary chambers. See one example from Shandong province, dated to the mid-2nd century, in the Portland Art Museum, accession number 38.51. See also a rubbing of hunting scenes from a stone relief at a late Eastern Han tomb at Longyangdian Village in Tengzhou County, Shandong Province, now held by the Museum of Tengzhou County.China, 206 BC-220 AD. Finely cast, the flattened oblong body resting on a rectangular, splayed foot and rising to a tubular neck with a circular mouth and thick rim, the shoulders fitted with a pair of lugs.Each side of the vessel is richly decorated in relief with an oval panel divided into four horizontal registers: the lower two depict various battle scenes with figures engaged in close combat, while the upper registers present kneeling figures engaged in ritual acts, accompanied by ceremonial bells, vessels, and other sacred implements.Provenance: The collection of Asbjorn Hansen, Denmark. Mr. Hansen (b. 1955) is a retired Danish Supreme Court lawyer and lifelong collector with a deep passion for history and culture. His collecting journey began at the age of eight with stamps, encouraged by his father, and quickly developed into a serious pursuit. By 1982, his specialized collection of Greenland postal history earned international recognition. Following this success, Mr. Hansen turned his focus to fine art and antiquities, beginning with Danish art and later expanding into East and Southeast Asian artifacts after an inspiring Japanese exhibition in 1985. Over the following decades, his collection grew to include mostly ceramic artworks from Annam, Khmer, Burmese, and Thai origins, acquired through reputable collectors and auction houses.Condition: Good condition with expected ancient wear, casting irregularities, signs of burial, encrustations, areas of deep corrosion, few losses, small nicks, shallow surface scratches. The bronze with a rich, naturally grown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustations.Weight: 734.3 gDimensions: Height 14.8 cmWith an associated padded storage box. (2)'Bianhu' vessels first appeared in the Warring States period, when they formed an important part of religious and cultural rituals aimed at presenting food and drink offerings to the ancestors of powerful families. At the time, various social and political changes were bringing old rituals to an end. One such change was the increasing presence in China of nomadic peoples, and it is likely that the 'bianhu' was inspired by practical vessels used for carrying water on horseback. See Jessica Rawson, Ordering the Exotic. Ritual Practices in the Late Western and Early Eastern Zhou, in Artibus Asiae, vol. 73, no. 1, 2013, p. 5-76.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related smaller bronze bianhu, dated 1st-3rd century AD, 8 cm high, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S2012.9.1878. Compare a closely related bronze bianhu with figural relief decoration, dated to the Han dynasty, 19.8 cm high, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession number 中銅000654N000000000.Auction result comparison:Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 18 March 2009, lot 221Price: USD 37,500 or approx. EUR 48,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A rare small bronze cylindrical container and cover, Han dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of casting with similar relief decoration and figural motifs. Note the different form and the size (10.9 cm).

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