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A BRONZE RITUAL POURING VESSEL, YI The collection of Felix Guggenheim (1904-1976), Beverly Hills, California.
With Rare Art, Inc., New York, before 14 January 1981.
EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (9TH-8TH CENTURY BC) From an important private European collection.

春秋 青銅垂鱗竊曲紋匜 The yi was a water vessel used in conjunction with a pan for the ritual washing
of hands. It was a late Western Zhou adaptation of the gong or the he, and
The exterior is cast with a wide band of stylised geometric scrolls above a continued to be used throughout the Eastern Zhou period.
lappet border, decorating both the deep U-shaped spout and rounded main
body, all supported on four animal-form legs. An animal head in high relief A similar Western Zhou yi by illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes
surmounts a single central handle at the rim. The bronze has a pale greyish- from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections; New York, 1995, p.338. Also see a
green patina with areas of green, russet and blue encrustation. bronze ritual pouring vessel from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection
sold at Christie’s New York, 15-16 March 2015, lot 3183, which has a similar
10Ω in. (26.7 cm.) diam. across the handle wide spout, deep body and animal form handle.

£30,000-50,000 $47,000-78,000
€42,000-69,000

來源:
美國加州貝弗利希爾斯重要藏家Felix Guggenheim (1904-1976)
私人舊藏
於1981年1月14日前購自美國紐約古董商Rare Art, Inc.
重要歐洲私人珍藏

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