.jpg?w=1)
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-770 BC)
Details
A CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LIDING
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-770 BC)
The tri-lobed body raised on three columnar legs, cast above each leg with a large taotie mask with rounded eyes, all reserved on a leiwen ground, a two-character inscription to the interior side
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-770 BC)
The tri-lobed body raised on three columnar legs, cast above each leg with a large taotie mask with rounded eyes, all reserved on a leiwen ground, a two-character inscription to the interior side
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
Paula Heuser Antiquitäten, Hamburg, Germany, 5 June 1935.
The Hermann Rosenfeld Collection, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1930s.
Acquired by the current owner from the heirs of Hermann Rosenfeld.
The Hermann Rosenfeld Collection, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1930s.
Acquired by the current owner from the heirs of Hermann Rosenfeld.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU or, if the UK has withdrawn from the EU without an agreed transition deal, from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime.
Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further details
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker