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AN IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL,
GUI
Western Zhou Dynasty
The compressed ribbed globular vessel with flaring rim raised on a
hollow pedestal foot terminating in a straight foot rim, cast below the
gently everted rim with a band of dragons with double bodies in high
relief on two sides, and interrupted on the other sides by two loop
handles cast with C-scrolls, springing from stylised bovine masks
terminating with pendant tabs, the foot cast with a matching band of
kui dragons divided by four low flanges, patinated in light green tone.
32.5cm (12 3/4in) wide
£350,000 - 500,000
Images after Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Early CNY3,100,000 - 4,500,000
Bronzes, London, 1951, no.40
西周 青銅龍紋牲耳簋

Provenance:
Sir Herbert Ingram (1875-1958) and Lady Hilda Ingram (d.1968),
Driffield Manor, Cirencester
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Sotheby’s London, 9 June 1993, lot 122
Gisèle Croës Arts D’Extreme Orient, Brussels, 1993
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

Exhibited, Published and Illustrated:
Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Early Bronzes, London, 1951,
no.40
Mostra d’arte Cinese, The Marco Polo Seventh Centenary Exhibition,
Venice, 1954, no.51

Images after Mostra d’arte Cinese, The Marco Polo Published and Illustrated:
Seventh Centenary Exhibition, Venice, 1954, no.51 W.Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, pl.43b

來源：
英國塞倫塞斯特Driffield莊園，Herbert Ingram爵士
（1875-1958年）及Hilda Ingram爵士夫人（1968年歿）舊藏
牛津大學阿什莫林博物館(借展)
1993年6月9日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品122號
布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾藝廊，1993年
歐宗易先生珍藏

展覽：
1951年於倫敦東方陶瓷學會「Exhibition of Early Bronzes（早期銅器
展覽）」展出，展品40號
1954年於威尼斯「The Marco Polo Seventh Centenary Exhibition
（馬可波羅第七屆世紀展）」展出，展品51號

出版及著錄：
W.Watson著，《Ancient Chinese Bronzes（中國古代青銅器）》，
Images after Ancient Chinese Bronzes, 1962, London, 倫敦，圖43b
pl.43b

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