A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC) The body is cast with horizontal grooves between a double band of stylised scale patterns to the rim and a lappet band to the foot and is flanked by two animal-head C-form handles. The vessel is supported on three claw-form feet with animal heads to the top. The cover is similarly decorated with concentric grooves and a further band of scale patterns. There is a later-added inscription to the interior base of the vessel and to the interior of the cover. 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) wide, across the handles Provenance C.T. Loo, Paris, by repute. Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1998.
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC) The body is cast with horizontal grooves between a double band of stylised scale patterns to the rim and a lappet band to the foot and is flanked by two animal-head C-form handles. The vessel is supported on three claw-form feet with animal heads to the top. The cover is similarly decorated with concentric grooves and a further band of scale patterns. There is a later-added inscription to the interior base of the vessel and to the interior of the cover. 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) wide, across the handles Provenance C.T. Loo, Paris, by repute. Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1998.
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