A Chinese archaic wine vessel and cover, yue,
Zhou dynasty or later, of oval form, the slightly compressed pear-shaped body raised on a splayed pedestal foot, the neck cast with a band with a motif of archaic birds on a diapered ground with a head, of a mythical beast in relief, a loop to each side attached to the terminals of the overhead arch handle in the form of a mythical beast head, the domed cover similarly decorated, the surface with a brown and mottled green patina,
30.5cm to top of, handle (2)

周或更晚 动物纹提梁卣