Brush washer with twin dragons

China

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This charming brush washer has a compressed globular body that rests on three short, cloud-shaped feet. Its exterior is finely cast with a pair of chi dragons clambering sinuously with their paws on the mouth rim: one with its head arched upwards, the other peering into the interior of the washer. The entire vessel is covered with a warm variegated patina with no trace of being buried underground.

Brush washer with twin dragons, Bronze, China

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