Warring States Period Of pear-shaped form, the sides crisply cast from the rim to lower belly with four parallel wide bands of stylised dragons, each dragon further decorated with angular S curls, the shoulder set with a pair of relief moulded tigers holding loose rings, one of the vessel's foot encircled by a combed braid, the cover evenly set with three lug handles surrounding scrolling archaic motifs in the centre, the mottled grey-green patina with some azurite and malachite encrustation, boxes. 32.5cm (in) high. (4).Footnotes戰國 青銅獸耳壺一對 Provenance： Warren King, also known as T. Y. King, Hong Kong Meiyintang Collection, Rapperswil, Switzerland Christian Deydier, Paris, France 來源： 香港金才記舊藏 瑞士玫茵堂舊藏 購於巴黎古董商戴克成 Illustrated and Published: T.Wang, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2009, pp.100-101, no.45 C.Deydier, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, Hong Kong, 2013, vol. 1, p.77, no.45 C.Deydier, Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronze Vessels, Hong Kong, 2013, pp.50-51, no.16 出版及著錄： 汪濤編，《玫茵堂藏中國銅器》，倫敦，2009年，頁100-101，編號45 戴克成編：《玫茵堂藏中國銅器》，香港，2013年，卷1，頁77，編號45 戴克成編，《中國古代青銅禮器》，香港，2013年，頁50-51，編號16號 The present pair of wine vases hu still retain some characteristics from hu in the Spring and Autumn period, such as the tiger-shaped handles and the motif of the combed braid. Compare with a related bronze hu in the Shangxi Provincial Museum, Spring and Autumn Period, which is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Bronzes Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2019, vol.4, pl.343. Compare also with a related bronze hu, late Spring and Autumn Period, in the Changye County Museum of Shanxi, which is illustrated in the Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji (Complete Collection of Chinese Archaic Bronzes), Beijing, 1995, vol.8, pl.75. 平口，一端有凹口，與壺蓋突出形成子母口，頸微束，腹鼓下垂，整體呈鴨梨形，圈足直壁，蓋穹頂，近口沿處鑄三環耳，蓋頂飾兩圈S形雷紋帶飾，壺身口沿下、肩部、胸部及腹部各飾一圈變體幾何龍紋帶飾，一壺底足外壁飾繩紋，肩兩側安虎銜環鋪首，漫發藍鏽間以青綠。 此對壺構思精巧，口沿上下合卯精嚴，兩側虎耳鑄造生動，其壺耳與繩紋有春秋遺風。可比較陝西長冶縣博物館藏一件春秋晚期蟠龍紋壺，見《中國青銅器全集》，北京，1995年，卷8，圖版75；另可比較一件山西博物院藏春秋壺，見《中國出土青銅器全集》，北京，2019年，卷4，編號343。