A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE SQUARE VASES AND COVERS, FANGHU Han Dynasty Each with a faceted baluster body raised on a square flared foot, the sides plain, the shoulder with two relief-cast taotie mask handles suspending loose rings, the conical covers applied with stylised bird finials at the corners, the brown and milky-green patina with malachite encrustation. 32cm (12 1/2in) high. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 漢 青銅鋪首耳方壺一對 See a related example illustrated in Da Han Chu Wang: Xuzhou Xihan Chu Wan Lingmu Wenwu Jicui, Xuzhou, 2005, p.186; see another example illustrated by Takayasu Higuchi and Minao Hayashi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Sakamoto Collection, Tokyo, 2002, nos.222–224. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com