The present vessel closely resembles Warring States prototypes; see for example, a related bronze hu vase but with cover and ... that it is an exceptional vase produced during the Ming or Qing dynasty ...

Each seated in dhyanasana, their right hands raised and holding the stem of a willow, the left hand holding a vase and a cup, wearing fine robes draped around the shoulders and body and tied at the ...

During the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian ... architectural works of that time. By the Ming and Qing dynasties a new fashion of building bronze pagodas, more exquisite than iron ones had developed.

Bronze - Late Shang dynasty, about 1100 BC This form of wine vessel was adapted from a simple pottery flask, a design echoed in the twisted rope-like handle. When lifted off the body, the lid ...

The vessel was found with three other later Qing dynasty bronze works of art in a home in Kent and had been given an estimated price of between £120,000 and £200,000, a Canterbury Auction ...

Bronze vessels have had a profound ... cover has the option of being used as a matching serving vessel. It was made during the Zhou dynasty, which followed the Shang. This large horse – over ...