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8149 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

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84 | BONHAMS AN ARCHAIC BRONZE
RITUAL VESSEL, JUE
Shang dynasty
The tubular body raised in three elegantly
tapering blade-form legs and cast with
a band of scrolls and four bosses with a
C-form handle to one side, the rim with a
curving spout flanked by two whorl-incised
finials to one side and flaring to a point at
the other side.
8 1/4in (21cm) high

$6,000 - 8,000

青銅

8150
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD, DING
Shang Dynasty
Cast with a pair of upright U-form handles
on the wide everted rim, a string band
encircling the body that joins with further
raised lines descending downward along
the front of each columnar leg and other
raised lines along the sides of each leg
that continue across the curving base, the
surfaces encrusted with a thick layer of
green corrosion and burial sediment.
8 1/4in (21cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

青銅雙耳三