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Lot 1214

Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$50,000 - 60,000
Price Realized
$31,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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An Archaic Bronze Food Vessel, Gui
LATE SHANG/EARLY ZHOU DYNASTY

商晚期/周早期 青銅饕餮紋簋
銘文:析子孫父辛
the globular body cast above a slightly tapered foot, having deeply rounded walls. The foot cast with repeated leiwen, with similar repeated geometric shapes traveling between a bow-string border at the neck, interrupted by a animal-head mask and loop handles emerging from further masks, and descending along a curve to a tapered pendant tabs. The interior cast with a five-character inscription. Having ferrous, malachite and lapis encrustations along a deep patina. 
Height 4 3/8 x width 10 1/4 in., 11.2 x 26 cm.

Property from a Private Northeastern Collection

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