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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL AND COVER PROVENANCE
(JIAO) New England Private Collection, acquired between the 1950s
QING DYNASTY and 1980s.
heavily cast with a U-shaped body supported on tall splayed
legs rising to a flaring rim terminating in two opposing points, $ 6,000-8,000
cast around the exterior with a taotie band divided by three
vertical flanges and a leonine-headed loop handle, the inner 清 銅仿古饕餮紋角連蓋
rim inscribed with a character, the cover cast with a phoenix
finial with stylized wings, the green patina covered with 來源
malachite encrustation (2)
Height 14½ in., 36.8 cm 新英格蘭私人收藏，得於1950年代至1980年代之間

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A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI) PROVENANCE
LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN ZHOU Freeman’s, Philadelphia, 1983.
DYNASTY Pennsylvania Private Collection.
the deep rounded body with an everted rim all raised on a $ 20,000-30,000
tall splayed foot, the band below the rim cast with kuilong
in profile against a leiwen ground and punctuated by three
taotie masks in high relief, the body with a repeating leiwen 商末 / 西周初 天黽父癸簋
diamond pattern with each unit centered by a protruding 銘文：
boss, the foot encircled by a further band of low-relief
archaistic ‘dragon’ patterns, the interior cast with three 天黽父癸
characters tian min fu gui, the bronze with a green patina
and a few patches of malachite and russet-toned oxidation 來源
to the interior and exterior surfaces, the pierced wood cover Freeman’s，費城，1983年
surmounted by a grayish jade finial (2) 賓州私人收藏
Diameter 8⅞ in., 22.5 cm

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