Chinese Ritual Vessels

(high) . A Jue is a shape of Chinese Ritual Bronzes, a tripod vessel or goblet used to serve or warm wine.

Decorative relief protruding elements on the sides. Jia is a Chinese ritual vessel type used to hold wine for the veneration of ancestors.

A 19th century Chinese double-gourd ritual bronze vessel with handles turning into scrolling vines.

This early 18th century bronze vase is reminiscent of the ritual bronzes used by China’s earliest rulers. Reinterpreting a traditional bronze form, this petite six-sided vessel was c...

A finely cast Chinese Shang style bronze ritual vessel known as a fangding.

A handsome Chinese bronze lidded ritual vessel modeled after a Warring States period, (2nd-3rd century BC).

Unusual and very compelling Chinese archaistic lidded bronze vessel with handle attached with chain. Modeled after an original dating from the Warring States period, 2-3rd century BC...

An important and well provenanced Ancient Chinese ritual bronze food vessel, or dou, dating to the Spring and Autumn Period, 770 – 476 BC.

Ceremonial bronze " Garlic " Vase with variegated patina. Han Dynasty, 200 B.C. - 200 A.D. Excavated. We unconditionally certify the authenticity of all our antiquities.

A fine example of a Western Zhou period bronze ritual vessel. Of elegant shape with an everted rim and sitting on a flared foot. Two bands of low relief cast abstracted bird designs ...

A 19th century Chinese ritual bronze drinking vessel with archais Taotie decoration.

A late 19th-early 20th century Chinese bronze ritual food vessel, or 'fangding'.

A Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Tripod Censer with Mark, 20th Century Description: The censer is a bulbous, tripod vessel, a shape derived from ancient Chinese ritual bronze ding vessels.

This particular vase is an ancient Chinese Zun, a ritual wine vessel characterized by a flared opening and bulging midsection.

This fine Jade carved vase has been made to correspond to Chinese bronze vessels used in rituals from China's ancient past.

Early 20th century Chinese ding, ritual food vessel.

Ritual bronze vessels were notoriously difficult to create, and were used in the tombs and burial sites of Chinese nobility and royalty, or made for people to use as vessels for food...

Beautiful and unique Chinese bronze cast archaic style ritual vessel or vase.

Chinese archaistic bronze lobed tripod vessel with raised abstract decoration and traces of gilding in the ancient style The three bulbous lobes join together to form a vessel, suppo...

In late Shang dynasty style, 13th-11th century BC. Animal-form vessels are the rarest form of Chinese archaic bronze.

An ancient Chinese ritual bronze food vessel, or Hu, dating to the Western Zhou period, circa 800-700 BC.

A Chinese silver inlaid bronze lidded ritual vessel modeled after a late Shang dynasty, 1600-1046 BC original.

A Chinese bronze lidded ritual vessel modeled after a Late Warring States, 3rd-2nd century BC original.

A Chinese silver inlaid bronze lidded ritual vessel modeled after a late Shang dynasty, 1600-1046 BC original.

Remarkably large and heavy patinated bronze archaic Chinese ritual vessels, finely cast and detailed, mounted on huanghuali bases with matching caps.

A handsome example of a Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD) bronze ritual lidded vessel found in China. Please notice the round form raised on a circular plinth base with a pair of rings on ei...

These stylized animal heads depict a type of dragon found in Chinese mythology. Over the ages, the bronze has acquired a beautiful patina of alternating green and turquoise hues, add...

Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot carved with raised geometric patterned bands wrapping its form, sitting atop three lion paws, and fitted with two squ...