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WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
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A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
Raised on three supports leading up into each deep lobe of the body, cast to each side with the eyes of a stylised taotie mask decorated with C-scrolls all below the everted rim with a pair of upright handles, the surface with areas of malachite encrustation
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
Raised on three supports leading up into each deep lobe of the body, cast to each side with the eyes of a stylised taotie mask decorated with C-scrolls all below the everted rim with a pair of upright handles, the surface with areas of malachite encrustation
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Archer Eskenasy Collection, Paris, acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
Martin Douster, Brussels, 2009, acquired from the above.
Martin Douster, Brussels, 2009, acquired from the above.
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Amelia Walker