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411 A similar gui but raised on a square pedestal, dated to the early to
An archaic bronze two-handled bowl, gui middle Western Zhou, is illustrated by J.Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual
Bronzes from the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, Vol.IIB, Harvard, 1990,
Early to mid Western Zhou Dynasty p.373, fig.40.3. Compare another similar bronze gui dated to the Early
Western Zhou Dynasty, also with an inscription, which was sold at
Raised on a stepped and flaring foot cast with a band containing four Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1247.
simple taotie masks formed from scrolls, the body smooth beneath a
further decorative band with similar mask-like scrolls embellished on two
sides with a long-eared animal-head, the handles each issuing from the
stylised head of a deer and with a single flange at the bottom.
27cm (10 5/8in) wide
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000 CNY47,000 - 75,000
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