Lot 1010. A bronze cylindrical tripod vessel and cover, zun, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8); 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019

The wide round body is raised on three stylized animal-form feet and is flanked by animal-mask and ring handles. The slightly domed cover has three bird-form finials, and is decorated in the center with a calyx centered by a small ring handle. The bronze has a milky greyish-green patina.

Provenance: Ashkenazie and Co., San Francisco, August 1986.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 18 - 19 September 2014