Lot 87. A bronze ritual tripod food vessel and cover, ding, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). H. 14 cm, 5 1/2 in. ; Diam. 20 cm, 7 7/8 in. Lot sold: 44,100 EUR (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022

of small size, the bowl with horizontal groove just below the slightly everted lip, finely engraved in three zones with birds in flight and perched amidst scrolling, flowering plants, above a short 'canopy' engraved with dentate ornament, supported on a spherical-knopped stem and conical foot, the latter engraved with floral meander on a granulated ground matching the body.

Property from a European private collection.

Provenance: Art d'Extrême Orient, J. Barrère, 36 rue Mazarine, Paris, 6th November 1990 (25,000 FF).

Lot 99. A bronze ritual lamp, jiaodou, Early Han period, 3rd century BC. H. 19 cm, 7 1/2 in. ; W. 25 cm, 9 7/8 in. Lot sold: 5,040 EUR (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022

of small size, the bowl with horizontal groove just below the slightly everted lip, finely engraved in three zones with birds in flight and perched amidst scrolling, flowering plants, above a short 'canopy' engraved with dentate ornament, supported on a spherical-knopped stem and conical foot, the latter engraved with floral meander on a granulated ground matching the body.

Property from a European private collection.

Provenance: Art d'Extrême Orient, J. Barrère, 36 rue Mazarine, Paris, 6th March 1991.

Lot 101. A bronze wine cup with a ring handle, he, Han period (206 BC-220 AD), with green and blue patina of copper carbonates. Diam. 13.2 cm, 5 1/4 in. Lot sold: 2,268 EUR (Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022

of small size, the bowl with horizontal groove just below the slightly everted lip, finely engraved in three zones with birds in flight and perched amidst scrolling, flowering plants, above a short 'canopy' engraved with dentate ornament, supported on a spherical-knopped stem and conical foot, the latter engraved with floral meander on a granulated ground matching the body.

Property from a European private collection.

Provenance: Beurdeley & Cie, 200 bd St-Germain, Paris, 13th November 1990 (3,500 FF); Archaïa, 10 Rue Auguste Comte, Lyon, 11th October 1995.

Sotheby's, Art d'Asie, Paris, 16 June 2022