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Auction archive: Lot number 1

A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$26,289 - US$39,433
Price realised:
£25,000
ca. US$32,861
Auction archive: Lot number 1

A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$26,289 - US$39,433
Price realised:
£25,000
ca. US$32,861
Beschreibung:

A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC) Raised on three supports leading up into each deep lobe of the body, cast to each side with the eyes of a stylised taotie mask decorated with C-scrolls all below the everted rim with a pair of upright handles, the surface with areas of malachite encrustation 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high Provenance Archer Eskenasy Collection, Paris, acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s. Martin Douster, Brussels, 2009, acquired from the above.

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC) Raised on three supports leading up into each deep lobe of the body, cast to each side with the eyes of a stylised taotie mask decorated with C-scrolls all below the everted rim with a pair of upright handles, the surface with areas of malachite encrustation 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high Provenance Archer Eskenasy Collection, Paris, acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s. Martin Douster, Brussels, 2009, acquired from the above.

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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