A Chinese archaic bronze ritual food vessel and cover, gui Han dynasty The globular body with a pair of circular loop handles, the cover with flared finial, fitted box,23.5cm wide across the handles. The Property of a Lady. Purchased in Hong Kong throughout the 1980s and 1990s. 漢 青銅食器連蓋 女士藏品。二十世紀八十至九十年代間購置於香港。

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