CHINE, DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX, EPOQUE DES PRINTEMPS ET AUTOMNES (770-476 AV. JC)

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RARE BOL TRIPODE RITUEL EN BRONZE, LI
CHINE, DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX, EPOQUE DES PRINTEMPS ET AUTOMNES (770-476 AV. JC)
Reposant sur trois pieds coniques, l'épaulement est orné d'une bande de dragons stylisés. La bordure porte une inscription à huit caractères: 'NI BO 'X' mère a moulé ce li sacrificiel'.

Hauteur: 16,5 cm. (6 ½ in.), boîte

Provenance

With Gisèle Cröes, 23 April 1985.

Further details

A RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, LI
CHINA, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)

Lot Essay

Several related examples of this type have been published. See Shang Chou Dynasty Bronze V, Li Vessels, vol. 5, Taipei, 1990, for three excavated li with similar stylized scroll beneath an everted rim. The first, illustrated p. 143, no. 155, was excavated in Shandong province in 1984; another example with a cover was also excavated in Shandong in 1977, and is illustrated on p. 144, no. 158; the third, excavated in Jiangsu province in 1977, is illustrated on p. 144, no. 157.

A technical examination report is available upon request.

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