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7  IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZES FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALBERT Y.P. AND SARA K.S. LEE

 THE WANG ZUO XUAN MU LI
 EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD

 cast to the rim with a nine-character inscription reading wang zuo Xu shang Xuan Mu bao shang yi
 東周 春秋初   王作贙母鬲
 銘文:
 王作  䵼贙母寶䵼彝
 Diameter 7⅜ in., 18.6 cm

 ⊖  $ 150,000-250,000




 PROVENANCE  來源
 Discovered in Qishan county, Shaanxi province, in the   清光緒初於陝西岐山縣出土
 early Guangxu period.    端方 (1861-1911) 收藏
 Collection of Duan Fang (1861-1911).    倫敦蘇富比1984年6月19日,編號37
 Sotheby’s London, 19th June 1984, lot 37.















































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