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Lot 1215
Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$20,000 -
30,000
Price Realized
$25,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An Archaic Bronze Food Vessel, Gui
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU
商晚期/西周早期 青銅饕餮紋簋
having a slightly waisted mouth cast above deep walls flanked with half-loop handles descending from horned animal masks, the whole raised above a tall collar-ring foot, and cast at the exterior with bands of dragons against a leiwen ground. Flushed with malachite and ochre encrustations.
having a slightly waisted mouth cast above deep walls flanked with half-loop handles descending from horned animal masks, the whole raised above a tall collar-ring foot, and cast at the exterior with bands of dragons against a leiwen ground. Flushed with malachite and ochre encrustations.
Height 6 1/8 x width 12 1/2 in., 15.6 x 31.75 cm.
Property from a Private Northeastern Collection