AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HOULOU Western Han Dynasty The vessel of rounded shape supported on three short curling legs, applied to the upper body with a pair of loop fittings linked to a chain handle, the domed cover with two ring handles, the surface encrusted with areas of malachite. 25cm (9 7/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 西漢 銅銗鏤 See a similar example illustrated by R.Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pl.LIX; and see also an example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Yu Kuo-Ching, Rituals Cast in Brilliance: Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages, Taipei, 2014, p.162. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com