A MASSIVE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ZHADOU VESSEL 18th/19th centuryPROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERSA MASSIVE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ZHADOU VESSEL18th/19th centuryThe broad, compressed globular body set over a slightly spreading foot and rising to a waisted neck and flaring rim, the widest point of the body cast with a band of Western Zhou-style birds and miniature flanges in high relief against a leiwen ground, a pair of beast-mask handles each suspending a loose ring applied to the shoulder, the neck with a band of geometric fretwork against a leiwen ground, the later-replaced base cast with a 16-character inscription in archaic script. 19 5/8in (50cm) diam.None -