China reportedly from Jincun, Henan province

Covered Jar (Hu) 东周时期鎏金错银壶

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), late 4th/3rd century B.C.
Bronze inlaid with strand silver and gilded
14.6 × 8.9 cm (5.7 × 3.5 in)

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