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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE VESSEL, ZHI For two other examples of very similar profile, one plain and the
Late Shang dynasty/Early Western Zhou period other with relief taotie and mythical animal decoration, see Bernhard
Raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a narrow band of taotie masks Karlgren and Jan Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes, The Natanael Wessen
composed from kui dragons separated by vertical flanges and ‘eyes’, Collection, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1969,
the band repeated on the waist separating the ribbed body and flared, pp. 64-69, no’s. 12 and 13.
ribbed neck, the silvery body of the vessel with extensive malachite
encrustation.
5in (12.7cm) high
$6,000 - 10,000

商晚期/西周早期 青銅觶

Provenance:
J.J. Lally & Co., Ltd., New York, November 15, 2007

來源：
藍理捷藝廊，紐約，2007年11月15日

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