Lot 999
999
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE CHANFRON
The Property of a Gentleman
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE CHANFRON

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100-771 BC

Details
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE CHANFRON
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100-771 BC
11 11⁄16 in. (29.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Mathias Komor, New York
Sold at Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C Bull; 6 December 1983, lot 34
Eskenazi Ltd., London
Sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2012, lot 1225
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Contemporary Literati - Curiosity, 4 April 2015, lot 2819
Exhibited
Stanford University Museum, Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford, 21 February - 28 March 1958, no. 33
University Museum, Philadelphia, 1959

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar bronze chanfron from the Desmond Gure Collection, illustrated in Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 34, no. 63. Another bronze chanfron of this type, with a grinning animal mask, from the collection of Oscar Raphael, is illustrated in the catalogue of The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 231.

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