8th Nov, 2023 11:00
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art
77
A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221BC)
the pear-shaped body rising from a short slightly rounded foot, cast around the exterior with five leiwen bands, the plain waisted neck set with a pair of buffalo mask handles, each suspending a loop-and-bar chain attached to a dragon-headed arched handle, further attached to a pair of rings and the slightly domed cover, 40cm high
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980's.
Property from a Private Collection, England.
Footnote: For a very similar bronze, from the MacLean Collection, see R.Pegg and Zhang Lidong, The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes, Chicago, 2010, pl.51; sold at Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Art, 23 March 2022, lot 247.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
東周戰國時期（西元前475~221年） 青銅酒壺
Sold for £3,000
the pear-shaped body rising from a short slightly rounded foot, cast around the exterior with five leiwen bands, the plain waisted neck set with a pair of buffalo mask handles, each suspending a loop-and-bar chain attached to a dragon-headed arched handle, further attached to a pair of rings and the slightly domed cover, 40cm high
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980's.
Property from a Private Collection, England.
Footnote: For a very similar bronze, from the MacLean Collection, see R.Pegg and Zhang Lidong, The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes, Chicago, 2010, pl.51; sold at Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Art, 23 March 2022, lot 247.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
Auction: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
