CHINE, DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX (CIRCA 1100-771 AP JC.)

Details

BOL RITUEL EN BRONZE, GUI
CHINE, DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX (CIRCA 1100-771 AP JC.)
The vessel is cast with mythical beast mask loop handles, and a diamond-and-dot design on the globular body. The interior is incised with an archaic inscription which can be translated as '(someone named) Ge wang ... nu ... made this precious vessel for ... Gudingding'; restorations.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1950s by the present owner.

Further details

A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
CHINA, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (CIRCA BC 1100-771)

Lot Essay

Compare a gui illustrated in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, J. Rawson, vol. IIB, p. 393, no. 45, with very similar decoration and animal heads surmounting the loop handles.

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