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Day 1 |
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Part 1)

Wednesday 10 November | 10.30am

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A fine Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel,
gu, Shang Dynasty, 13th-14th century BC, the
rounded middle section cast in intaglio with
two taotie masks between borders of circles,
the mottled patina of olive-green colour, 19cm
high, 515 grams

Provenance: From a private English Collection
by family descent purchased from Roger
Keverne, 16th October 2009, no receipt but
documented in collection notes.

This vessel belongs to the latter stage of the
Erligang phase, circa 14th to 13th centuries BC
and as Robert Bagley discusses in Shang Ritual
Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections,
no.25, pp. 216-219 the thickened waist is only
seen occasionally during this period.

For related examples, see Jan Fontein and
Tang Wu, Unearthing China’s Past, no.7,
pp.37038, and note particularly fig.5, excavated
at Minggonglu, Zhengzhou, Henan Province,
which has a very similar decorative band;
and see Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural
Relics and Archaeology, The Panlongcheng
Site Report of Archaeological Excavation from
1963-1994, vol.2, colour pl.30, fig.1 (PYWM 4:6),
pl.36, fig. 1 (PWZM 1:4), and pl.87, Fig.2 (PYWM
11:5)
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商代 青铜兽面纹觚 2
拍品来源：英国私人收藏，其家族于 A rare Chinese Cloisonné enamel censer, Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century, the compressed body raised on three gilt elephant-head gilt-bronze feet
2009年购自英国著名古董商Roger Keverne with paw terminals, the exterior decorated with fruiting grape vine reserved on a turquoise ground below a band of clouds encircling the shallow
neck, with a pair of coiled dragon handles rising from the flat gilded rim, 15cm diameter x 10.5cm high, weight 990 grams
£5,000-7,000
Provenance:
Purchased from John Sparks, 28th January 1965 for £225.00 by the late owner and prior to this in the Max Robertson Collection, London.

明十六世纪 掐丝珐琅葡萄纹兽足双耳炉（克重990g）
拍品来源：英国私人收藏，现藏家于1965年1月28日购自英国著名古董商John Sparks，此前曾为伦敦中国艺术收藏家Max Robertson私
人收藏

1 £15,000-25,000

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