拍品專文
A very similar bronze li is illustrated by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington DC, 1990, pp. 328-9, no. 29.
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WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
細節
A BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, LI
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
The compressed body cast with three taotie masks formed by pairs of dragon heads confronted on a notched flange above each leg, with short, waisted neck below the canted, everted rim, with heavy malachite encrustation on the interior and green and lapis encrustation on the exterior
6 in. (15.3 cm.) across mouth rim, box
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
The compressed body cast with three taotie masks formed by pairs of dragon heads confronted on a notched flange above each leg, with short, waisted neck below the canted, everted rim, with heavy malachite encrustation on the interior and green and lapis encrustation on the exterior
6 in. (15.3 cm.) across mouth rim, box