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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE Related " nials of this type include one of ਠ͋ Гմڋ ڡზᛧᕡᖕࠦ७ӂ࠯
DOUBLE-SIDED POLE FINIAL larger size and cast with a human face below Ը๕
the large animal mask, from the David David-
LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN Willem van Heusden 1913 2009 ϗᔛ
Weill Collection, sold in our Paris rooms, 16th
ZHOU DYNASTY December 2015, lot 7. Another from the Pillsbury Mathias Komordॲߒd1953ϋ10˜23˚
Collection is illustrated in Alan Priest, Chinese Richard C Bull ͸ᙨϗᔛ
of D-shaped section, cast to one side with a
Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) through ɪש׵ᘽబˢ Parke Bernetd1983ϋ12˜6
taotie mask, detailed with bulging eyes, ! ared
the T’ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906), New York,
nostrils, spreading ears, and large C-shaped ˚dᇜ໮35
1938, cat. no. 124. One in the British Museum,
horns, the reverse with a raised mythical beast
London, is published in William Watson, ࢝ᚎ
head with ! at-ended horns sweeping back over
Handbook to the Collections of Early Chinese Arts of the Chou Dynasty‘d౶վ၅ɽኪ
the protruding eyes and the broad nose gently
Antiquities, London, 1963, pl. 12. Two from the ௹ي᎜d౶վ၅d1958ϋdᇜ໮16
curved with a central ridge, pierced to one side
Avery Brundage Collection are shown in René- ɽኪ௹ي᎜d൬۬d1959ϋ
with a square aperture, the surface with areas of
Yvon Levebvre d’Argencé, Bronze Vessels of
malachite encrustation, wood stand (2) ̈و
Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection,
Height 4⅛ in., 10.5 cm
San Francisco, 1977, pls. XXIV.b and c. One is Willem van HeusdendAncient Chinese
PROVENANCE illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji: Diaosu bian Bronzes‘d؇ԯd1952ϋdྡوLV
[The complete series on Chinese Art. Sculpture],
Collection of Willem van Heusden (1913-2009).
Beijing, 1988, vol. 1, pl. 99. A further example was
Mathias Komor, New York, 23rd October 1953.
sold at Sotheby’s London, 6th April 1976, lot,
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull.
O+ ered at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 6th December 12, and is now in the collection of the Idemitsu
Museum of Arts, Tokyo, published in Giuseppe
1983, lot 35.
Eskenazi, A Dealer’s Hand. The Chinese Art World
EXHIBITED through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London,
2012, pl. 7. Compare also a related " nial with two
Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford University
circular apertures, sold in our London rooms, 14th
Museum, Stanford, 1958, cat. no. 16.
November 2001, lot 11.
University Museum, Philadelphia, 1959.
$ 50,000-70,000
LITERATURE
Willem van Heusden, Ancient Chinese Bronzes,
Tokyo, 1952, pl. LV.

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