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"Li" Tripod Food Vessel with Cord-Marked Decor

"Li" Tripod Food Vessel with Cord-Marked Decor

Chinese

A grey cast bronze box-shaped vessel with a sloped lid. The entire piece is inscribed with detailed, swirling designs with the bottom-center having a goat-like inscription.

'Fangyi' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Chinese

A grey and green cast bronze vessel with four legs, a side handle, a spout, and a short hinged lid. The entire piece is inscribed with detailed, swirling designs.

'He' Covered Ritual Pouring Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Chinese

Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (You) with Bail Handle

Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (You) with Bail Handle

Chinese

A dark green cast bronze vessel in the form of a duck. It stands on its two feet with its head up and facing the right. It has a wide lid on its back that is attached by a chain. The entire piece is inscribed with a swirling pattern and fine lines that mimic feathers along the body.

'He' Ritual Wine Vessel in the Form of a Standing Duck

Chinese

Ritual Wine Vessel (Zun) with Small Handle

Ritual Wine Vessel (Zun) with Small Handle

Chinese

A gray-green bronze vessel with a lid and a middle handle on top of it. It is smaller at the top and wider at the bottom with a thick foot. It is inscribed with detailed, swirling designs all over.

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Chinese

A cast bronze orb that has three legs holding it up, two are visible. The orb is decorated with a geometric, swirling pattern that is mirrored down the vertical and horizontal centers. The legs are made of a circle and a swirled line that goes out, three on the bottom and three on the top. Two small circle handles are on the left and right.

Covered Spherical Food Vessel (Dui) with Geometric Decor

Chinese

Small "Zhi" or "Zun" Form Vessel with Abstract Decor

Small "Zhi" or "Zun" Form Vessel with Abstract Decor

Chinese

Two vessels sailing on a sea lighted by the western sun

Two vessels sailing on a sea lighted by the western sun, 1695 - 1760

Adrien Manglard

Small ceramic vessel (in two pieces) [piriform aryballos?]

Small ceramic vessel (in two pieces) [piriform aryballos?]

Stamnos (mixing vessel) with Cover: Dionysos, Maenads, and Satyr

Stamnos (mixing vessel) with Cover: Dionysos, Maenads, and Satyr, active 440 - 430 BCE

The Christie Painter

Relief of Two Satyrs and Maenad; Studies for Two Vessels

Relief of Two Satyrs and Maenad; Studies for Two Vessels, 1732 - 1806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Woman and Two Satyrs; Study for a Classical Vessel; Maenad

Woman and Two Satyrs; Study for a Classical Vessel; Maenad, 1732 - 1806

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Body Sherd of Open Vessel with Lustrous Black Slip

Body Sherd of Open Vessel with Lustrous Black Slip

Mycenaean

Body-shoulder Sherd, Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration.

Body-shoulder Sherd, Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration.

Mycenaean

Body Sherd of Closed Vessel. Melian Imitation of Kamares

Body Sherd of Closed Vessel. Melian Imitation of Kamares

Minoan

Animal head pitcher

Animal head pitcher

Persian

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

Chinese

Covered Wine Vessel (You) with Animal-Head Bail Handle and Decoration of Long-Tailed Birds

Covered Wine Vessel (You) with Animal-Head Bail Handle and Decoration of Long-Tailed Birds

Chinese

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