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

Lot 331 Dα

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

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 52.080 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze food vessel of gui type. Early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC

On a foot with a molded bottom edge, a slightly curved body with everted rim, the narrow register below the rim with two taotie in high relief at midpoint and whirling bossed alternating with flower-like ornaments on leiwen, the register around the foot with taotie and leiwen pattern. The two animal headed handles with small hook pendants. Glossy surface with reddish brown and dark olive green patina.
Height 14.3 cm; width 25.5 cm

西周早期 青銅簋
來源：德國科隆 Gottfried Hertel（1925-2019）私人收藏
可比：Jessica Rawson（著），Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections，卷 IIB, 華盛頓 1990年，第404-407頁，圖48

Provenance

Collection Gottfried Hertel (1925-2019), Cologne

Literature

Compare an identical bronze in: Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Bd. IIB, Washington, DC/Cambridge Mass. 1990, p. 404-407, no. 48