Vietnam, Dông Son culture, 3rd-1st century B.C. - Lot 66

Vietnam, Dông Son culture, 3rd-1st century B.C. Situla, thap, bronze, slightly flared form, narrowed lip, with two small handles, decorated in light relief with fine horizontal friezes superimposed with geometric motifs (vertical hatching and pointed circles linked by tangents), surrounding a central design of stylized birds or birdmen separated by vertical friezes (with hatching and circle motifs), the metal oxidized brown and green (from pale green to malachite green), two vertical seams on the side marking the limits of the mold sections, and another at the base left in relief. H. 24.2 cm; L. 27.5 cm The motifs are difficult to distinguish in places due to oxidation. Provenance: Cornette de Saint-Cyr, October 29, 2013, lot 612 (belonging to a collection of Vietnamese archaeological objects).