Lot Essay
The inscription reads X X zuo baoyi, which may be translated as 'X X cast this precious vessel'.
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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body of slight S-profile raised on a slightly spreading foot encircled by a band of alternating stars and whorls reserved on a leiwen ground, a similar band repeated below the everted rim centered on two sides with a small animal mask above a bow-string border, the pair of curved handles with an animal mask at the top and a hooked tab projecting from the bottom, with a five-character inscription cast in the bottom of the interior, the mottled grey patina with blue-green, ferrous and earth encrustation
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) across handles, stand
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body of slight S-profile raised on a slightly spreading foot encircled by a band of alternating stars and whorls reserved on a leiwen ground, a similar band repeated below the everted rim centered on two sides with a small animal mask above a bow-string border, the pair of curved handles with an animal mask at the top and a hooked tab projecting from the bottom, with a five-character inscription cast in the bottom of the interior, the mottled grey patina with blue-green, ferrous and earth encrustation
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) across handles, stand
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 28 January 2000.
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