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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE BRONZE ANIMAL-FORM APPLIQUE
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A RARE BRONZE ANIMAL-FORM APPLIQUE
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Cast as the curved neck and head of a dragon shown in profile and decorated with scrolls, with dot and scallop borders along the inner edge, with mottled milky green patina and some earth encrustation
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high, stand
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Cast as the curved neck and head of a dragon shown in profile and decorated with scrolls, with dot and scallop borders along the inner edge, with mottled milky green patina and some earth encrustation
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
C.T. Loo, New York, 1942.
Leigh B. Block Collection.
Eskenazi, Ltd., London, circa 1980.
Leigh B. Block Collection.
Eskenazi, Ltd., London, circa 1980.
Exhibited
C.T. Loo, Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1 November 1941 - 30 April 1942, no. 155.
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