Warring States Period Of compressed globular form raised on three spreading feet, cast with a mythical-bird-head spout, and a hinged loop handle, attached to the domed ridged cover with loose-ring handles, cast around the sides with three registers of interlaced dragons, box. 23.5cm (9 1/4in) wide. (2).Footnotes戰國早期 青銅鳳嘴盉 Provenance: Given to the grandfather of the former owner by his brother, an overseas engineer, in the 1920s-30s An English private collection Bonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 257 來源: 1920年至30年代前藏家祖父得自其旅居海外之工程師兄弟 英國私人舊藏 邦瀚斯倫敦，2011年5月12日，拍品編號257 Compare with a related bronze he, which is illustrated by P.F.Chen in the Xiashangzhou qingtongqi yanjiu: Dongzhou xia (Study of the Archaic Bronzes of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Vol.II, Eastern Zhou Dynasty), Shanghai, 2004, pl.574. Compare also with a copper-inlaid bronze he of similar shape, which was sold at Christie's New York, 25 September 2020, lot 1510. 蓋隆頂，起凹凸環帶紋飾，蓋鈕與提樑以三環相扣，圓肩，兩側鑄環，環安龍形提樑，提樑上是陰紋龍鱗，流作鳳形，羽翅鑄造清晰，肩腹等距起四條環帶，環帶之內時交龍紋，填以雲雷紋，腹部圓鼓，下承三馬蹄足。 盉發軔於西周，流行至東周，春秋戰國皆有，主要用作水器。參考一件上海博物館藏戰國早期青銅盉，形制類似，見陳佩芬著，《夏商周青銅器研究：東周篇下》，上海，2004年，圖版574。亦可參考佳士得紐約售出一件戰國嵌紅銅青銅盉，形制類似，2020年9月25日，拍品編號1510。