A Bronze wine flask with cover (Bianhu), presumably Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).
Hammer price
24 000SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
With inscription. Oval form and rectangular section, raised on a short straight rectangular ring foot, narrow shoulders with loose ring taotie mask handles, long neck with a bulb-shaped rim. Height 30,5 cm.
Tarnished.
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Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass