Bronze Ritual Vessel

Bronze animal-shaped 'Zun' in the form of a Rhinocerous. An early chinese food vessel used for ritual sacrifice and offerings, also placed in ancestrial tombs for use in the afterlife.

Realistically casted in the Han's Dynasty style and decorated with intricate motifs of archastic animal designs and mythological monster masks.

The brown patina surface is partial covered in light deposits of green encrustations. Early 18th century.

Height:14.5 inches(36.83 cm) Length:27.5 inches(69.85 cm).

Item priced at: $8,500.00(USD).

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