RARE BOL COUVERT RITUEL EN BRONZE, GUI
CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX, XIEME-XEME SIECLE AV.JC.
RARE BOL COUVERT RITUEL EN BRONZE, GUI CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX, XIEME-XEME SIECLE AV.JC. Raised on a flared pedestal foot, the globular body is surmounted by a pair of C-scroll handles issuing from a bovine mask and terminating in a hooked pendent tab. The neck is cast in low relief with a band of taotie masks separated by a mythical animal's head, and a similar band is repeated on the doomed cover and the foot. The interior of the vessel and the cover are cast with a three-character archaic inscription reading: zuo zun yi (‘made this precious vessel'), and the base is incised with archaic patterns; small restoration. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, wood stand
RARE BOL COUVERT RITUEL EN BRONZE, GUI
CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX, XIEME-XEME SIECLE AV.JC.
RARE BOL COUVERT RITUEL EN BRONZE, GUI CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU OCCIDENTAUX, XIEME-XEME SIECLE AV.JC. Raised on a flared pedestal foot, the globular body is surmounted by a pair of C-scroll handles issuing from a bovine mask and terminating in a hooked pendent tab. The neck is cast in low relief with a band of taotie masks separated by a mythical animal's head, and a similar band is repeated on the doomed cover and the foot. The interior of the vessel and the cover are cast with a three-character archaic inscription reading: zuo zun yi (‘made this precious vessel'), and the base is incised with archaic patterns; small restoration. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, wood stand
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