A RARE SET OF ARCHAIC MINIATURE RITUAL BRONZE VESSELS Han Dynasty Comprising a stove, zao, the boat-shaped vessel on four small feet, incorporating a steamer, zeng, two bowls and two spoons; a warming bowl; a footed lamp, decorated with mountains on the spreading foot, with a long curved handle issuing from the shallow bowl; two pear-shaped vases, hu, and covers, one of which of square section; a pear-shaped vase; a footed 'mountain' incense burner and reticulated cover, boshanlu; and a circular tripod food vessel and cover, ding, the vessel with a pair of rectangular upright loop handles, the domed cover with three short handles doubling as feet in the shape of stylised dragons. The stove 22cm ( 8 5/8in) long. (18). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 漢 微型銅器 一組十一件 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002, no.11. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號11 It is rare to find such a complete set of ritual vessels. See a bronze set from Tomb 42 at Jinyanggang (Luoyang, Henan Province), in the collection of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, illustrated in Han Dynasty: New Light on Ancient China after 2000 Years, Osaka, 1999, p.70, no.51; and another example in the collection of Museé Cernuschi, Paris, published by C.Deydier, Chinese Bronzes, New York, 1980, p.131, no.100. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com