Asian Art II - Part One - 22nd May 2024
Lot 744
A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL DRINKING VESSEL, ZHI
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £8820
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Description
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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注：本拍品不設底價。
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.