Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Gorō: A Selection I
Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Gorō: A Selection I
Auction Closed
October 29, 05:04 AM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 800,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A bronze ritual vessel, pou,
Western Zhou dynasty
西周 青銅羊首瓿
the compressed globular form rising from a tall splayed foot to a short tapering neck surmounted by a wide flaring mouth, the central band cast with three taotie masks each centered by a narrow flange in low relief, below a band of confronting kuilong divided by three ram masks cast in relief, the base further encircled by a band of kuilong, all against a leiwen ground
d. 34.5 cm
Hayashi Minao and Higuchi Takayasu, Fugendo Sakamoto Goro Chugoku seidoki seisho [Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Fugendo Sakamoto Goro Collection], Tokyo, 2002, cat. no. 79.
林巳奈夫及樋口隆康,《不言堂坂本五郎中國青銅器清賞》,東京,2002年,編號79