A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DOU

LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC

Details

A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DOU
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC
The bowl raised on a pedestal foot and decorated with a band of densely arranged tiny S-scrolls separated by a rope-twist band from a lower border of similarly decorated pendent blades, with a pair of loop handles, the cover with concentric bands of tiny interlaced dragons repeated in larger format on the everted crown surrounding a coiled beast in the center, with milky-green patina
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Acquired in Tokyo, October 1988.

Exhibited

Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 39.
The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 50.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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Lot Essay

The fine decoration, and its arrangement on this dou, are similar to that of a dou illustrated by J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, no. 24, which is ascribed to north-central China and dated to late Spring and Autumn period, 6th century BC. See, also, the very similar dou illustrated by B. Karlgren, A Catalogue of the Chinese Bronzes in the Alfred F. Pillsbury Collection, Minneapolis, 1952, pls. 78 and 79, no. 57.

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