A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL DRINKING VESSEL, ZHI

A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL DRINKING VESSEL, ZHI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

The bulbous body decorated in relief with two taotie masks between archaic scrolls, the surface a mottled olive green with areas of malachite encrustations, 253g, 11.2cm.

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Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

Cf. Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M Sackler Collections, vol.IIB, p.625, pl.99 for an example also dated to the Early Western Zhou dynasty, decorated with taotie masks and featuring a similar bevelled high foot.