A bronze ritual vessel of gui type. Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC - image-1

Lot 740 Dα

A bronze ritual vessel of gui type. Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze ritual vessel of gui type. Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC

The body with erverted rim is supported by a high and steep foot, to the sides two dragon head handles. Around the foot and below the rim a border with small taotie masks on leiwen. Inside at least four archaistic characters. Covered with a rough greyish patina with brown spots.
Height 13.8 cm; width 24 cm

西周早期 青銅饕餮紋簋
來源：德國不來梅Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964)，購於二十世紀二十年代，此後家族傳承
参阅：Rawson，著，《青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器》，1990年， 編號43，柏林東亞博物院亦藏一例，見H. Butz著，《Frühe chinesische Bronzen aus der Sammlung Klingenberg》（Klingenberg中國古代青銅器的私人收藏），柏林1993年，編號5

Provenance

Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse

Literature

Compare very similar pieces: Rawson 1990, Vol. IIB, Kat.-Nr.43;and the piece in the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, illustrated. in: H. Butz, Frühe chinesische Bronzen aus der Sammlung Klingenberg, Berlin 1993 cat. no. 5