A RARE GREEN-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL AND COVER, YOU

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A RARE GREEN-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL AND COVER, YOU
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The bombé body raised on four splayed legs carved with key fret below monster masks, the lower body carved on two sides with a taotie mask flanked by swooping wing-like motifs that support small figures of sheep standing in profile, all reserved on a leiwen ground below a twisted border, with a four-character mark, Tao Zhai fa bao, written in slip on the base, the domed cover with two stylized bats in flight on a leiwen ground and two openwork horn-form handles flanking a bud-form knop carved with leaves, the interior carved with a four-character inscription, Zhou tai shi Wang, the exteriors glazed green in contrast to the white-glazed interiors
9 in. (20.8 cm.) high, wood stand, box

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Lot Essay

The four-character inscription, Zhou tai shi Wang, may be translated as 'the Grand Preceptor Wang of Zhou.' The present vessel is modeled after the bronze Zhou tai shi Wang, illustrated in the Xuanhe bo gu tu. For a discussion of Xuanhe bo gu tu, see lot 1602. A bronze you of similar shape to the present example is in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, and is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 27 - Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments. Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 127, p. 83. (Fig. 1)

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