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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The vessel is raised on three cabriole feet, decorated with animal heads and is
applied to the body with a pair of small loop handles. The cover is surmounted
by a fared openwork crown fnial formed by a network of interlocking serpents,
surrounded by four loop fttings. The surface has a mottled greyish-green
patina with areas of russet-coloured and azurite encrustation.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,900-9,300
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, 10 July 1979, lot 6.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within
the family.
Compare the current piece to a rare bronze elliptical vessel and cover, xu,
with similar fared openwork crown fnial to the top of the cover, sold at
Christie's London, 10 November 2015, lot 22.

戰國 青銅鼎
來源: 倫敦蘇富比1979年7月10日 , 拍品6
英國藏家邁克爾·麥克（Michael Michaels）(1907-1986)舊
藏, 家傳至今
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A BRONZE CHARIOT SHAFT FITTING AND A BRONZE HARNESS
JINGLE
THE CHARIOT FITTING, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (11TH-10TH
CENTURY BC)
THE HARNESS JINGLE, ZHOU DYNASTY (8TH-5TH CENTURY BC)
The ftting is cast with a central taotie mask and stylised scrolls. The surface
has a dark brownish-black patina with mottled malachite encrustations. The
jingle is cast to the front as a circular open fower, with an aperture to both
sides, all supported on a spreading rectangular foot. The surface has a greyish-
green patina with some malachite and russet-tone encrustations.
The chariot ftting 5½ in. (14 cm.) high
The jingle 6⅜ in. (16.3 cm.) high (2)
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,900-9,300
PROVENANCE:
The chariot ftting:
Sotheby's London, 15 July 1980, lot 186.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within
the family.
The harness jingle:
Sotheby's London, 3 October 1978, lot 29.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within
the family.
Compare the chariot ftting to a related example of similar form and
decoration, also dated to the late 11th-early 10th century BC, illustrated by
William Watson in Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1977, pl. 34b.
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西周 青銅饕餮紋車軸飾及 周 青銅鑾鈴
來源:
英國藏家邁克爾·麥克（Michael Michaels）(1907-1986)舊
藏, 家傳至今
青銅饕餮紋車軸飾: 倫敦蘇富比1980年7月15日, 拍品186
青銅鑾鈴: 倫敦蘇富比1978年10月3日, 拍品29

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