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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL, A PAIR OF BRONZE ‘MASK AND LOOSE
VESSEL, DING JUE RING’ FITTINGS
Shang/Western Zhou Dynasty Shang Dynasty Warring States/ Western Han Dynasty
The globular body with upright loop handles, The deep u-shaped body with a band of Each taotie crisply cast with tufted ears and
supported by three slender, tubular legs, taotie masks on a leiwen ground, with two incurved horns framing a stylised owl mask,
with incised stylised dragon band and raised pictograms under the side loop handle issuing above a central crest descending to a loop
bosses below the flaring rim, fitted wood stand, from a bovine head, below a peaked rim nose supporting a thick ring, flanked by
the interior with four small moulded marks, the divided from the trough-shaped spout by twin bulging eyes, all embellished with fine leiwen
patina of a mottled greyish-green hue. carrying posts with whorl-decorated caps, all patterns, stands.
16.5cm (6 1/5in) high (3). on three blade shaped feet, wood stand. Each 12.8cm (5 in) wide (4).
20.5cm (8 1/8in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000 £1,500 - 2,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000 £2,000 - 3,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$29,000 - 48,000 CNY18,000 - 26,000 HK$15,000 - 19,000
HK$19,000 - 29,000
Provenance: Sotheby’s, Chinese Ceramics Provenance Sotheby’s, Early Chinese works
and Works of Art, London, 7 December 1993, Provenance Sotheby’s, Fine Chinese Art, of Art, London, 11 December 1990, lot 8.
lot 7. London, 8 December 1992, lot 3. Entwistle, London, B070 (labels).

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