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A MATT BLACK-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL Compare a similar example in pale lime-green glaze, sold at Christie’s New
AND COVER, GAI LU York, 15 September 2011, lot 1608. Also a bronze gui vessel with similar
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) decoration and shape in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, is illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 27 - Bronze
The vessel is of oblong form, with deep sides which are horizontally ribbed Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 44, p. 72.
below a band of leiwen, a pair of angular handles and four cabriole legs. The
base has an incised four-character mark reading Jing hua zhen pin (precious 清光緒 黑釉仿古「周京叔簋」弦紋四足蓋爐
treasure). The cover has canted sides and is carved with a further leiwen band, 「精華珍品」篆書刻款
with four tapering posts rising from a ribbed border that act as legs when the
cover is inverted. The interior bears a four-character inscription, Zhou jingshu 來源: 歐洲私人珍藏，於2012年6月13日巴黎蘇富比拍
gui (the gui of Zhou Jingshu), and the exteriors are covered in matt black 賣，拍品第246號
enamel in contrast to the white interiors.
9 in. (23 cm.) wide across handles 13

£15,000-25,000 $22,000-35,000
€19,000-32,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s Paris, 13 June 2012, lot 246. From the collection of a private
European lady.