AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY | 西周 青銅夔龍紋簋
Auction Closed
November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
英國私人收藏
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
西周 青銅夔龍紋簋
the deep U-shaped sides flaring slightly at the mouth, flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from bovine masks and terminating in a pendent tab, cast around the body with a large band featuring a pair of prominent confronted kui dragons and centered on a raised mask forming a flange, the tall slightly flared foot decorated with a frieze of stylised birds, all against a leiwen ground
Width across handles 27.5 cm, 10¾ in.
This lot is sold with no reserve. Please refer to the printed catalogue for information on lots sold with no reserve.
此拍品將以無底價上拍。有關無底價拍品的詳細内容，請參閱圖錄。
Sotheby's London, 7th June 2000, lot 100.
倫敦蘇富比2000年6月7日，編號100