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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI Compare with a similar gui vessel dated to the late Shang or early
Western Zhou Dynasty Western Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual
The compressed globular vessel with flaring rim raised on a stepped Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C., vol.
foot, cast with a narrow band of stylised kui dragons formed with raised IIB, 1990, pp.380-381, no.42; for another similar vessel, see Wang
eyes and asymmetric scrolls, bisected by animal masks to each side and Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2009,
flanked by a pair of loop handles with pendants issuing from mythical- pp.204-205, no.100. A similar archaic bronze gui vessel, early Western
beast heads, fitted box. Zhou dynasty, was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 1;
27cm (10 5/8in) wide. (2). and two further examples were sold at Sotheby’s New York, 22 March
2011, lots 6 and 15.
£12,000 - 15,000
CNY110,000 - 130,000

西周 青銅夔龍紋牲耳簋

Provenance: a European private collection, acquired on 18 October
2002

來源： 歐洲私人收藏，購於2002年10月18日

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