£500
A Chinese bronze Xian, Han Dynasty, 中国，青铜甗一件，汉代 the upper section with a fixed dished plate, the interior of which with a band of relief cast decoration, above two applied dragons and with taotie mask and ring handles, within a relief cast archaic band, the lower compressed section with archaic band decoration and ring handles on three mask legs, 36cm overall
The plate sitting on the top is stuck fast to the body. There is a 9cm split to the underside where the base joins the sides, terminating in a 4cm split. The head of a dragon handle has partially deteriorated. There are other minor flaws but nothing too detrimental.
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