Two Earthenware Ritual Vessels

Description:

Two Earthenware Ritual Vessels, China, possibly Han dynasty, an oval flask-form bottle with a straight neck and foot, decorated with a pair of quadruped animals and fish in bas-relief in a raised heart-shaped panel on two sides, ht. 6 3/8; and a miniature model of a cooking furnace with a trellis design on one side, ht. 2 5/8, wd. 6 in.
Estimate $200-300

in good condition with minor old chips to furnace.


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