A Chinese bronze ritual wine flask and cover , Bianhu , Han Dynasty, of flattened oval form with attractive green patination, the cover with label for Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of Chinese Art, and other e xhibition labels for Cape Town 1953, Radcliffe collection 'J1' and BADA, approximately 18.5cm high x 17cm wide x 6.5 cm deep, 1,049 grams Provenance: Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection and by family descent. Listed in the family archive as 'J1' and bought by Bluetts on behalf of Major Radcliffe from Sotheby's, The Property of Professor J. Norman Collie, F.R.S (decd.) , 8th April 1943, lot 167, for £54.00 Exhibited: According to the Sotheby's catalogue of 1943, Burlington Fine Arts Club , 1915, case H, no.7, p.59 National Gallery of South Africa, Chinese Exhibition, Cape Town, 1953, no. 208 Illustrated: Albert J. Koop, Early Chinese Bronzes, London, 1924, pl. 54A 汉 青铜扁壶（连盖,克重1049g) 拍品来源： Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏（家族档案编号 J1 ），由英国著名古董商 Bluett & Sons 作为代理人在 1943 年 4 月 8 日以 54 英镑购自苏富比 J. Norman Collie 教授专场，拍品编号 167 。 展览信息：1953年展览于南非国家画廊，中国艺术展览，编号208号 Condition Report: Good as far as can be seen by the naked eye other than malachite and azurite encrustation According to the Sotheby's catalogue of 1943, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1915, case H, no.7, p.59 but we have not found the entry not x-rayed