A MINIATURE BRONZE VESSEL, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY China, 206 BC-AD 220. The pear-shaped faceted body is raised on a flared square foot, applied to either side with a taotie mask in high relief with and a loop. Good naturally grown patina. Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection. Condition: Extensive wear, patina and malachite encrustations with some areas of the bronze still visible, minor dents and fissures, overall condition exactly as expected from a bronze of this age. The rings to the loops, if there ever were any, are now lost. Weight: 90 g Dimensions: Diameter Height 6 cm Literature comparison: Dr. Paul Singer. Early Chinese Miniatures. New York, March 16 - May 29, 1977. cat. no. 47. The National Museum of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, accession number rLS1997.48.44. 青銅小方壺，漢代 中國，公元前206 至公元 220。梨形方壺，方形足，高浮雕饕餮紋，肩部雙孔。良好的天然包漿。 來源：奧地利私人收藏 品相：廣泛磨損，局部可見銅綠和孔雀石綠結殼，輕微的凹痕和裂縫，總體狀況完全符合青銅壺的年代。肩部雙孔中的環（如果有的話）現在丟失了。 重量：90 克 尺寸：高6厘米