A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE VESSEL, GUI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE VESSEL, GUI
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
WITH FLARING FOOT AND RIM, LOOP HANDLES ISSUING FROM MYTHICAL BEAST MASKS, THE UPPER BODY WITH A BAND OF GUEI DRAGONS AND BEAST MASKS, COVERED IN A MOTTLED REDDISH BROWN PATINA -- 8½IN. (21.5CMS) DIAM EXCLUDING HANDLES, (SECTION MISSING TO FOOT, OLD WEAR AND SOME VERDIGRIS), WOOD STAND .
SEE ILLUSTRATION.

COLLECTION LABEL TO BASE 'THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN AND WORKS OF ART, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE DR. LEONARD GOW'.