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拍品 25
  • 25

東周早期 公元前八世紀 青銅龍紋匜

估價
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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描述

  • bronze
the rounded sides tapering on one end to the long curved channeled spout, cast in relief around the sides and on the spout with two bands of double-headed-S-dragons with raised bosses for eyes and at mid-body, the handle cast as an arched dragon with coiled tail shown biting the rim, all raised on four flattened supports cast as single-footed upright dragons

來源

歐洲私人收藏
紐約佳士得2007年9月19日,拍品編號211

出版

Roger Keverne,2006年冬季展覽,《圖錄》,第12頁,編號4

Condition

Under x ray examination there is one crack on the spout; otherwise the piece is in overall good condition. There are several chaplets to the base.
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拍品資料及來源

A yi of similar design is illustrated in Jung King, Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies, Monograph Series No. 17, The Bronzes of Shang and Chou, vol. II, Beijing, 1941, pl. 451, no. 855.