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RÉCIPIENT TRIPODE COUVERT EN Natanael Wessen
BRONZE, LIAN Eskenazi Ltd
DYNASTIE HAN, IIE SIÈCLE AVANT Louis Depagne
J. C. IIE SIÈCLE APRÈS J. C.
Eskenazi Ltd Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt Bronzes from
de forme cylindrique soutenue par trois pieds en forme
d’animaux fabuleux, le pourtour ceint de deux larges bandes the Wessen and Other Collections 1980 6 11 25
en léger retrait, anquée de deux masques de taotie retenant
des anneaux mobiles, le couvercle bombé orné de trois béliers 9
couchés se faisant face (2)
22 cm, 8⅝ in. Oriental Bronze Ltd Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels

PROVENANCE Gilt bronzes

Reputedly from Changsha, Hunan province. and Early Ceramics 1986 6 11 18 10
Dr. Natanael Wessen Collection, Stockholm.
Eskenazi Ltd., London. Bernhard Karlgren Bronzes in the Wessen Collection
Collection of Louis Depagne, Nice and London.
1958 30 1969 29 30
EXHIBITED
Bernhard Karlgren Jan Wirgin Chinese Bronzes The Natanael
Eskenazi Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt-Bronzes from the
Wessen and Other Collections, London, 11th – 25th June 1980, cat. Wessen Collection 1969 1 30
No. 9.
Oriental Bronze Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Gilt- 7 42
bronzes and Early Ceramics, London, 11th – 18th June 1986, no. 10.
Eskenazi Ltd Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt bronzes from the
LITERATURE
Wessen and Other Collections 1980 9
Bernhard Karlgren, ‘Bronzes in the Wessen Collection’, Bulletin
of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1958, Oriental Bronze Ltd Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels Gilt bronzes
vol. 30, pls. 29 and 30.
Bernhard Karlgren and Jan Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes. The and Early Ceramics 1986 10
Natanael Wessen Collection, Stockholm, 1969, vol. 1, no. 30,
col. pl. 7, pl. 42.
Eskenazi Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt-bronzes from
the Wessen and Other Collections, London, 1980, cat. no. 9.
Oriental Bronze Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels,
Gilt-bronzes and Early Ceramics, London, 1986, cat. no. 10.

A rare bronze vessel and cover, lian, Han Dynasty,
2nd century BC/2nd century AD

60 000-80 000 €
510 000-680 000 HK$ 65 500-87 500 US$

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