Period:Unknown Production date:14thC-15thC
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:religious object dragon taotie
Dimensions:Height: 33 centimetres
Description:
Bronze altar vase for flowers. With dragon-headed handles, it is decorated with a stylised ‘taotie’. Round foot.
IMG
![图片[1]-altar-vessel BM-1988-0416.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Bronzes/mid_00285308_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-altar-vessel BM-1988-0416.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Bronzes/mid_00351551_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:The bronze altar vase was adapted from a woodblock illustration depicting an ancient bronze. Its tall angular foot is taken ultimately from a Han piece but through the intermediary of the later woodblock print.
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:religious object dragon taotie
Dimensions:Height: 33 centimetres
Description:
Bronze altar vase for flowers. With dragon-headed handles, it is decorated with a stylised ‘taotie’. Round foot.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:The bronze altar vase was adapted from a woodblock illustration depicting an ancient bronze. Its tall angular foot is taken ultimately from a Han piece but through the intermediary of the later woodblock print.
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