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PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
*158 PROVENANCE:
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI From a Swiss collector, acquired in France in 1988.
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
Compare the present lot to a similar gui, also dated to the early Western Zhou
西周早期 青銅饕餮紋簋 dynasty, illustrated in Catalogue to the Special Exhibition of Grain Vessels of
the Shang and Chou Dynasties, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1985, pp.
The vessel has two taotie masks on the sides centred by an animal mask cast 254-5, pl. 42.
in relief, reserved on a leiwen band. There are two further masks by the animal
heads above the handles. The patina is of mottled green and brown colour, with 來源:瑞士私人珍藏；1988年購自法國
some areas of malachite encrustation.
7¬ in. (19.4 cm.) diam., wood stand
£25,000-35,000 $39,000-53,000
€35,000-48,000
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