A bronze food vessel of gui type. In the style of the early Western Zhou dynasty - image-1

Lot 251 Dα

A bronze food vessel of gui type. In the style of the early Western Zhou dynasty

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 64.480 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze food vessel of gui type. In the style of the early Western Zhou dynasty

A bronze food vessel of gui type on a high slanting foot, the body with vertical ribbing and firmly moulded lip, the two handles with an animal head on top, with the body of a bird and a rectangular pendant with clawed feet. In the registers at the foot and neck whirligig bosses alternating with flower-like motifs, as well as animal heads in the upper register. Three engraved characters to the inside. With a smooth light olive-green patina. In the style of the early Western Zhou dynasty.
Height 15.6 cm; diameter 21.7 cm

西周式 青銅直紋雙夔龍耳簋
來源：北德私人收藏，1930年購於中國

Provenance

Acquired in China in the 1930s, since then in a private collection, Northern Germany