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ANOTHER PROPERTY (inscription)
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A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC

The vessel is cast in relief around the foot with two bow-string
bands and again on the shoulder below the everted rim where they
are interrupted by the pair of loop handles surmounted by animal
heads and cast at the bottom with a pendent tab. A two-character
inscription, Fu Gui (Father Gui) is crisply cast in the bottom of the
interior. The bronze has a mottled reddish-brown and green patina.
10Ω in. (26.7 cm.) wide across handles

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Gallery Rosen, Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1976.

西周早期 青銅「父癸」簋

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