Page 56 - Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection

1508 THE GE ZU JI GUI 西周早期 公元前十一至十世紀 戈祖己簋
A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The body is cast in low relief on each side with the disconnected parts of a 來源
taotie below a further band of birds centered on each side by an animal mask 安思遠，紐約，1998年。
cast in high relief. The vessel is raised on a tall spreading foot encircled by
a band of birds centered on each side by a narrow fange. The large C-scroll
handles are each surmounted by an animal head and terminate in a pendent
tab cast with the claws and tail feathers of a bird. A three-character inscription
is cast on the base of the interior. The bronze has a silvery grey patina with
malachite and cuprite encrustation.
15 in. (38 cm.) across the handles

$500,000-700,000

PROVENANCE
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, 1998.

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54 POWER and PRESTIGE IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION