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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL,
ZHI
Late Shang Dynasty
The compressed pear-shaped body of oval section
standing on a high oval foot, finely cast with a band
of confronted kui dragons divided by a central flange
on a leiwen ground, with a further band decorated
with similar designs around the foot, the bronze with
green malachite encrustation.
12.5cm (4 7/8in) high.
£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

商晚期 青銅夔龍紋觶

Provenance: J.J.Lally & Co. Oriental Art, New York

來源：紐約古董商J.J.Lally & Co. Oriental Art

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.2

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2012年，編號2

See a similar bronze zhi vessel, Western Zhou
dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson, Western
Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M.Sackler
Collections, vol IIB, Washington D.C, 1990,
no.101. Compare also with a related vessel zhi,
late Shang/early Western Zhou dynasty, formerly
in the collection of S.H. Minkenhof, illustrated by
H.F.E.Visser, Asiatic Art in Private Collections of
Holland and Belgium, Amsterdam, 1947, pl.13,
no.16, which was later sold at Sotheby’s London,
13th December 1988, lot 3.

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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE
VESSEL, GU
Late Shang Dynasty
Of slender form rising to an elegantly flaring trumpet
neck, the middle section and spreading foot cast
with two taotie masks decorated with leiwen,
divided and separated by vertical notched flanges,
11 with a band of cicadas above the masks on the foot,
all reserved on leiwen grounds, cast with a Bing Wu
pictogram inside the foot, the greenish-grey patina
with malachite encrustation.
25.5cm (10in) high.
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 72,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

商晚期 青銅饕餮紋觚

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
18 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.