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A dark brown/green bronze vessel that has a detailed, overlapping 3D pattern along the sides. The pattern has small inlaid turquoise and a white material. There are two curved serpents for handles on both sides. The top lip is short and flares out.

Small 'Pou' Jar with Openwork Decoration of Interlaced Dragons and with Two Serpentine Handles

Chinese

Bronze with openwork decoration and with inlays of turquoise and malachite. Reportedly unearthed in 1911 in the vicinity of Xi'an, Shaanxi province

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

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