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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
Early Western Zhou Dynasty
The compressed globular vessel with flaring rim raised on a tall
stepped foot, cast with a narrow band containing four sets of intricate
taotie masks formed with raised eyes and asymmetric scrolls, bisected
by animal masks to each side and flanked by a pair of loop handles
with pendants issuing from ox heads, the foot similarly decorated with
taotie masks separated by flanges.
24.8cm (9 3/4in) wide
£8,000 - 12,000 CNY77,000 - 120,000
HK$94,000 - 140,000
西周初 青銅饕餮紋簋
The combination of unusually high ring foot and the triple band motifs
appear typical of the early Western Zhou bronze production in the
Henan and Shaanxi Provinces. Compare with gui vessels illustrated by
J.Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections, Washington D.C., vol.IIB, 1990, fig.43.1, p.385, fig.44
p.390 and fig.45.4 p.393.
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