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Property from a Private American Collection
TWO ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSELS
17TH CENTURY
Details
TWO ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSELS
17TH CENTURY
One is a plain gong and cover. The vessel is raised on an oval pedestal foot and has a C-form handle issuing from a bovine mask at one end. The cover is cast on top with the body of a dragon that terminates in the large head of a bottle-horn dragon at one end. The other vessel is a zhi of broad pear shape and oval section that is cast in high relief on each side with a large taotie mask between further bands of archaistic design separated by notched flanges at the sides.
8 and 4¾ in. (20.4 and 12 cm.) high (2)
17TH CENTURY
One is a plain gong and cover. The vessel is raised on an oval pedestal foot and has a C-form handle issuing from a bovine mask at one end. The cover is cast on top with the body of a dragon that terminates in the large head of a bottle-horn dragon at one end. The other vessel is a zhi of broad pear shape and oval section that is cast in high relief on each side with a large taotie mask between further bands of archaistic design separated by notched flanges at the sides.
8 and 4¾ in. (20.4 and 12 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Gong: The Smollen Collection.
Zhi: David Hausman, New York, circa 1989.
Zhi: David Hausman, New York, circa 1989.
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