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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION 東周 青銅交龍紋
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE VESSEL (LING),
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 來源
Michael Goedhuis，倫敦，1995年1月23日
Width 13¾ in., 35 cm

PROVENANCE
Michael Goedhuis, London, 23rd January 1995.
Archaic bronzes of this form should be named as ling, a
type of wine vessel that emerged during the Western Zhou
dynasty and gradually disappeared after the Spring and
Autumn period. Ling shares similarities with lei, another
bronze wine vessel form more commonly known. However,
bronze lei usually have three handles and a raised foot ring,
whereas ling often have only two handles and a flat foot. For
a similar Spring and Autumn period bronze ling of this form,
see Chen Peifen ed., Zhongguo qingtongqi cidian / Dictionary
of Chinese archaic bronzes, vol. 1, Shanghai, 2013, p. 44.
$ 20,000-30,000

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