An archaic bronze ritual food vessel, gui, and a bronze wine vessel, jue. Western Zhou Period The gui of bombé form rising to the flared rim, flanked by loop handles emerging from the jaws of horned dragons, supported on a tall splayed foot, the body...

A fine bronze ritual food vessel 'gui', China, early Western Zhou dynasty B. 30,5 cm. Est. 30 000 EUR. Provenance: Former Earl Morse collection, exhibited Metropolitan Museum of Art N.Y., 'The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art', 1982, publ. in the...