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429
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE
VESSEL, GU
Late Shang Dynasty
The waisted cylindrical vessel with a wide
trumpet mouth, cast in low relief around the
bulging mid-section with two taotie masks
containing a pair of circular bosses divided by
a shallow flange on a leiwen ground, above
further leiwen and two taotie on the spreading
foot, the middle section set off by raised
ridges, the surface of dark patina with patches
of malachite encrustation. 25.5 (10in) high.
£7,000 - 10,000
CNY63,000 - 91,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

商晚期 青銅饕餮紋觚

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition,
London, 2005, no.4.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展
覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號4

Bronze gu were among the most important
vessels used in ceremonial and funerary rituals
during the late Shang dynasty. Similar archaic
gu vessels, Shang dynasty, are illustrated
by R.W.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the
Arthur M.Sackler Collections, Cambridge MA,
1987, pp.216-227. See also Shang Ritual
Bronzes in the National Palace Museum
Collection, Taipei, 1998, nos.33-36. Compare
with a related archaic bronze ritual wine
vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, which was
sold at Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2016,
lot 106.

430
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL
BELL, BIANZHONG
Western Zhou Dynasty
The body of elliptical cross-section with the
two sides rising up in an arc, cast with a
pictogram of a family sign, on the front, each
side set with three rows of three bosses,
evenly distributed and placed in the upper part
on both sides, surmounted by a long tapering
tubular shank, box. 31.5cm (12 3/8in) high. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
429 No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
西周 青銅編鐘

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition,
London, 2011, no.5.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展
覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號5

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