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Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong
13 mars 2009

A bronze ritual food vessel, Gui, second half middle Western Zhou dynasty, 9th century bc

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A bronze ritual food vessel, Gui, second half Middle Western Zhou dynasty, 9th century bc

The swelling body cast in relief on each side with a small taotie mask flanked by pairs of birds with backwards-turned heads and long tails and crests, above a bow-string band, with a pair of loop handles cast at the top with a horned mask, along the sides with intaglio scrolls and at the bottom with a pendent tab, raised on a spreading foot encircled by a band of overlapping scales representing feathers, with an allover pale milky-green patina. 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) across handles. Estimate $30,000 - $50,000

西周中期 青銅簋
公元前9世紀

Provenance: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1965.

Literature: R. Poor, Bronze Ritual Vessels of Ancient China, New York, 1968.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 434-7, no. 55.

Notes: Compare the gui with similar decorative band cast below the mouth rim and with similar handles, but with a different band around the foot illustrated by B. Karlgren, "Marginalia on Some Bronze Albums", BMFEA, No. 31, Stockholm, 1959, pl. 26 b.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Art From The Arthur M. Sackler Collections. 18 March 2009  New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com Image Christie's Ltd 2009

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