A Chinese heavily cast bronze wine vessel Lot n° 391

A Chinese heavily cast bronze wine vessel, bianhu, Han dynasty (206 BC- AD 220), the flattened oval body is raised on a spreading rectangular foot, and the curve of the sides is accentuated by shallow, recessed panels that flank the handles, mottled pale olive-brown and milky green encrustation, 26cm high x 31cm maximum width, 5473 gramsProvenance: Collected by the current owner on the UK market in the 1980's or early 1990's 漢 青銅扁壺拍品來源：英國紳士私人收藏，購自上世紀八十至九十年代