A CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, (‘GUI’)
early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC, sturdily cast in relief with a pair of stylised dragons., the foot further cast on the two sides with confronting dragons separated by a narrow flange, the vessel flanked on either side by a pair of loop handles with animal masks., 16cm high x 25cm wide
Compare a bronze ‘gui’ with almost identical design, also dated to the early Western Zhou dynasty (11th century BC), sold at Christie’s New York, 13-14 September 2018, lot 1111.
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| Estimate: |
£10,000 - £15,000
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Hammer price:
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£12,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: Apparently acquired in Germany in the 1970's or 1980's.
A private
English collection
The result of thermoluminescence
analysis report, Oxford
C115e88, is consistent with
the dating of this lot.
