Description Over a sloping ring foot, the basin with inverted U-shaped handles rises to a sharply everted rim. The decorative frieze around the basin shows highly stylized recumbent S-shaped dragons, the foot displays a band of large U-shaped scales. A rough green patina covers the surface.
Dimensions H 12/13 cm; B 41,7 cm
Literature Compare a very similar pan, with animal feet however, illustrated in: Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. III, New York 1995, No. 63, p. 320-323
Provenance The exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection, Belgium, purchased from Axel Vervoordt
Notes VAT: Margin scheme
