A PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC CAST BRONZE VESSELSQing dynasty
Of traditional flattened pear you shape suspended from separately cast loop-handles and covered by fitted lids with domical finials, the exteriors adorned in horizontal ridges and bands of zoomorphic patterns centered on a bovine mask, both raised atop similarly decorated inset and waisted feet.
9in (22.9cm) 13in (33.1cm) overall with handle注脚Examples of Shang and Zhou dynasty prototypes of this You shape can be found in Tao Wang Mirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and their Bronzes (The Art Institute of Chicago: New Haven and London, 2018) p64. Wang et al translate the word you as 'bucket.'