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PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY – EARLY WESTERN
ZHOU DYNASTY
each side pierced with a cross between two taotie masks set
with raised eyes divided by notched flanges on the central
bulb and a semi-taotie panel around the foot, the base
interior inscribed with a two-character pictogram
25.5 cm, 10 in.
PROVENANCE
Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo, 1976.
HK$ 70,000-90,000
US$ 9,000-11,500

商末至西周初
青銅饕餮紋觚

來源：
Inscription
平野古陶軒，東京，1976年

Similar gu vessels are illustrated in Robert W. Bagley, Shang
Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington
DC, 1987, pls 25-27. See another example with a three-
character pictogram in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated
in Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang
jicheng [Compendium of inscriptions and images of bronzes
from Shang and Zhou dynasties], Shanghai, 2012, no. 09195;
and a slightly shorter gu vessel with similar zoomorphic masks
and pictogram, sold in our New York rooms, 6th December
1989, lot 21, and again at Christie’s New York, 20th March
2014, lot 2007.

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PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN
A GROUP OF THREE SMALL BRONZE
ORNAMENTS
ORDOS CULTURE – HAN DYNASTY
one depicted with a figure grooming a mythical beast;
another with a general on horseback with his attendant
behind; the rectangular plaque cast with two deer
5.3 to 12.1 cm, 2⅛ to 4¾ in.
PROVENANCE
‘General’ plaque: Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550
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鄂爾多斯文化至漢 青銅牌飾三件
來源：
騎馬人物飾：繭山龍泉堂，東京
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