A TWO-PIECE MINIATURE BRONZE STEAMER, XIAN, EASTERN HAN TO THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD China, 26-265 AD or slightly later. The bowl with deep rounded sides rising from a separately cast short spreading foot to an everted rim. The cover with a raised central panel surmounted by a separately cast flared ‘rim’, indicating its use as both a cover for the steamer and as a serving or cooking plate. (2)

Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler, New York. Arthur Mitchell Sackler (1913-1987) was one of America’s foremost art collectors, who amassed the largest Chinese art collection in the world. His name lives on in many art-related projects: the Sackler Wing that houses the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at Princeton University, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. At the Smithsonian Institute, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is a museum for Asian and Near Eastern Art. In China, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology teaches museology to students in Beijing.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, small losses to the foot of the bowl. Fine, naturally grown patina, with extensive malachite and few azurite encrustations.

Weight: 379.2 g (the bowl) and 320.4 g (the cover)
Dimensions: Height 11.5 cm (the bowl and cover), Diameter 17.5 cm (the cover)

Literature comparison: Compare a closely related two-piece miniature steamer from the Avery Brundage Collection, also dated Eastern Han dynasty to Three Kingdoms period and of closely related size, in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B65B48.a-.b.

東漢至三國時代小銅甗
中國，26-265 年或更早。深壁圓碗，口外翻。一個獨立的圓盤，既可以用作蒸籠的蓋子，也可以用作盤子。

來源：紐約Arthur M. Sackler收藏。Arthur Mitchell Sackler (1913-1987) 曾是美國最重要的藝術收藏家之一，擁有世界上最大的中國藝術收藏。他的名字曾出現在眾多與藝術相關的項目中：美國大都會藝術博物館Dendur神廟所在的Sackler展館、普林斯頓大學的Arthur Mitchell Sackler展館和哈佛大學的Arthur Mitchell Sackler博物館。 在史密森學會，Arthur Mitchell Sackler展館是亞洲和近東藝術博物館。 在中國北京，學生們在Arthur Mitchell Sackler藝術與考古博物館學習博物館學。
品相：品相良好，與其年齡相符，大面積磨損，風化和侵蝕跡象，碗底小缺損。細膩且自然生長的包漿，帶有大量孔雀石綠色的結殼。

重量：379.2 克 (碗)，320.4 克 (蓋)
尺寸：縂高11.5 厘米，蓋直徑17.5 厘米