Hu ritual vase China Bronze Baluster Shape

Vase hu ritual china shape baluster bronze archaic style mounted in lamp - china. The oldest bronze ritual vases appear in china at the end of the xia dynasty, around the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries bc. The next dynasty, that of the shang, corresponds to the apogee of bronze work in china. The function of these vessels is intrinsically linked to the ancestral notion of ancestor worship. Height 26.5 cm. Length 12 cm. 3492 gr.