AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE INLAID BRONZE FACTED JAR, FANGHUWARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BCThe four-sided vessel is set with loose rings suspending loose ring handles on opposite sides, and is decorated on each side with elaborate pictorial scenes arranged in horizontal registers. The flat, raised bronze motifs of the scenes are silhouetted against a sunken background bearing extensive remains of an inlaid paste. The bronze of the raised motifs has a brownish-red and green patina.16 3⁄4 in. (43 cm.) high