BOÎTE CYLINDRIQUE COUVERTE EN BRONZE ARCHAÏQUE À DÉCOR INCISÉDynastie des Zhou orientaux (770-221 avant J.-C) AN ARCHAIC BRONZE INCISED-DECORATED CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-221 BC) The unusual box decorated with incised designs of mythical birds and other creatures with two circular hoops for attachment. 8.5cm (3 1/8in) high. (2). Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) The present box may have been used to store needles and threads.pare a similar example, late Zhou dynasty, formerly in the collection of Dr Franco Vannotti, illustrated in Mostra d'Arte Cinese / Exhibition of Chinese Art , Venice, 1954, p.36, no.74, and a related cylindrical box and cover, Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes , Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 128-129, no.37. A related rare bronze cylindrical box and cover, Warring states period, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2022, lot 44. 東周 青銅鳥獸紋蓋筒 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏