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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE
PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE
COLLECTION COLLECTION
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD A JADE RING, HUAN
VESSEL, GUI NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY CULTURE

the deep U-shaped sides flaring slightly at the circular disc with a large central
the mouth, flanked by a pair of loop handles aperture, the smoothly polished opaque
issuing from bovine masks and terminating stone a soft ivory colour
in a pendent tab, cast around the body with Diameter 13.2 cm, 5⅜ in.
a large band featuring a pair of prominent PROVENANCE
confronted kui dragons and centered on a
raised mask forming a flange, the tall slightly Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen.
flared foot decorated with a frieze of stylised Christie’s London, 4th November 2008, lot 104.
birds, all against a leiwen ground LITERATURE
Width across handles 27.5 cm, 10¾ in.
S. Howard Hansford, Jade. Essence of Hills and
PROVENANCE Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, p. 32, fig. A3.
Sotheby’s London, 7th June 2000, lot 100.
£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 59,000-78,500 US$ 7,500-10,000
£ 15,000-25,000
HK$ 147,000-245,000 US$ 18,800-31,200 新石器時代 良渚文化玉環
西周 青銅夔龍紋簋
來源
來源 Von Oertzen 男爵伉儷收藏
倫敦蘇富比2000年6月7日，編號100 倫敦佳士得2008年11月4日，編號104
出版
S. Howard Hansford，《精神見於山川》，約翰
尼斯堡，
1969年，第32頁，圖版A3
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