A Chinese archaic bronze ritual vessel, gui, Western Zhou dynasty, 11th/10th century BC, cast in relief with a band of leiwen with central masks and applied with a pair of zoomorphic handles, on a circular foot, the olive-brown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustation, label for John Sparkes Ltd, Mount Street, London, width 25.5cm Estimate £4,000-6,000 Provenance: THE COLLECTION OF CEDRIC AND LOUISE BLAKER. Born in Sussex, England, Cedric Blaker (1886-1964) travelled to Shanghai in 1910 before permanently moving to Hong Kong in 1911, where he purchased Gilman's Trading Company. He was interned at Hong Kong's Port Stanley Prisoner of War Camp during World War 2, and was later appointed non-executive Chairman of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (1955-1958). Blaker amassed his fine collection of Chinese works of art with the help of his wife, Louise.
A Chinese archaic bronze ritual vessel, gui, Western Zhou dynasty, 11th/10th century BC, cast in relief with a band of leiwen with central masks and applied with a pair of zoomorphic handles, on a circular foot, the olive-brown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustation, label for John Sparkes Ltd, Mount Street, London, width 25.5cm Estimate £4,000-6,000 Provenance: THE COLLECTION OF CEDRIC AND LOUISE BLAKER. Born in Sussex, England, Cedric Blaker (1886-1964) travelled to Shanghai in 1910 before permanently moving to Hong Kong in 1911, where he purchased Gilman's Trading Company. He was interned at Hong Kong's Port Stanley Prisoner of War Camp during World War 2, and was later appointed non-executive Chairman of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (1955-1958). Blaker amassed his fine collection of Chinese works of art with the help of his wife, Louise.
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