CHINA - Warring States period

Bronze wide vessel, zun and companion water vessel, pan Warring States period.

Overall height: 41.6cm, height of Zun: 30.1cm, rim diameter: 25cm.

The whoel set was casting with a total of eight-four ling-dragons and eighty chi-dragons. Each vessel is cast witha seven-character Zenghouyi inscription. Made by the lost-wax method, these two companion vessels have the finest and most complex detail of all the brozes from the tomb of Zenghouyi and of any bronze vessel prior to the Qin Dynasty. 

Unearthed from the tomb of Zenghouyi, Syixian, Hubei Provence, 1978.

Thanks to Dongwei for the great card!

"The Warring States Period (475–221 BC) was an era of division in ancient China. After the relatively peaceful and philosophical Spring and Autumn Period, various states were at war before the Qin state conquered them all, and China was reunited under the Qin Dynasty."  Read more here.