A RARE LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD BASIN Han Dynasty The large basin rising to an everted rim, standing on three standing human supports, a raised band around the vessel cast with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending loose rings. 28cm (11in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 漢 青銅鋪首耳三人形足大盆 See a related example illustrated by R-Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pl.LVIII; See also another example in the collection of the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Duan Shu'an, Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji, Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji, vol.12, Beijing, 1997, no. 90. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com