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PROPERTY IN THE COLLECTION OF
DR. WALLACE AND ALICE SMITH, SAN FRANCISCO,
SOLD TO BENEFIT GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND,
SAN RAFAEL, THE PANDA FUND

206
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, GUI
Late Shang/Early Western Zhou dynasty
The rounded body supported on a splayed pedestal foot, cast with a
pair of ‘ram’ handles below the everted rim, the body finely cast with
leiwen arranged diagonally in a diamond pattern between two bands
of ‘confronting birds’ motif, centered by a small ‘ox’ mask above the
flange on each side, the bronze covered in a thin, powdery green
patina with areas of mottled cuprite, the interior and recessed areas
with remains of heavy earth encrustation from burial.
Wood stand.

10 3/8in (26.7cm) width with handle; 7 1/4in (18.4) diam of vessel; 5
1/2in (14cm) high

$8,000 - 12,000

商晚期/西周早期 青銅雲雷紋簋
205
Sold to benefit Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, the Panda fund

Provenance
Property from collection of Dr. Wallace and Alice Smith, San
Francisco, in the collection prior to 1971, by descent

拍賣所得饋贈公益 Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, the Panda
fund

出處：
舊金山 Wallace and Alice Smith 醫師與夫人舊藏，1971 年以前入
藏，後由家族傳承

While the form and casting of this gui vessel is classically Shang, the
205 diamond and leiwen pattern is unique and may indicate a regional
style.
A TURQUOISE-INLAID PHOENIX-FORM BELT-HOOK
Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period Compare the Shang dynasty pou vessel finely decorated with a
Exquisitely cast with a flying phoenix at the center with coiling tail diamond ground very similar to the present example, in the collection
feathers descending towards a dragon-head hook at one end, inlaid of the British Museum and illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Bronzes:
in gold, silver and turquoise, the underside cast with a button knob at Art and Ritual, London, 1987, p. 14, no. 14, described as probably
center and a small loop on the side for attachment. provincial from South China.
7 1/4in (18.7cm) length
Compare also the Shang dynasty gui vessel of very similar form and
$4,000 - 7,000 casting, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and illustrated by
d’Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage
東周晚期/戰國 錯金銀鳳凰銅帶鈎 Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pp. 34-35, no. IX (upper-right).

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