Hu ritual lamp vase China bronze

Hu ritual vase china bronze baluster shape archaic style mounted as a lamp - china the oldest ritual bronze vases appear in china at the end of the xia dynasty, around the 18th and 18th centuries BCE. The following dynasty, that of the Shang, corresponds to the apogee of bronze work in China. The function of these vases is mainly linked to the ancestral notion of ancestor worship height 26.5 cm length 12 cm 3492 gr.