A LARGE CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI, YUAN/MING DYNASTY
the compressed globular vessel rising from a stepped foot to a flaring rim, cast around the body with a narrow band of stylised kui dragons reserved on a liewen ground above a wave band at the foot, all divided by a pair of chilong handles, the bronze patinated to a dark chocolate tone, wood stand, 37.5cm wide. Provenance: The 7th Marquess of Downshire (1894-1989). Thence by family decent. 元至明 铜仿古夔龙纹双耳簋一件the compressed globular vessel rising from a stepped foot to a flaring rim, cast around the body with a narrow band of stylised kui dragons reserved on a liewen ground above a wave band at the foot, all divided by a pair of chilong handles, the bronze patinated to a dark chocolate tone, wood stand, 37.5cm wide. Provenance: The 7th Marquess of Downshire (1894-1989). Thence by family decent.
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the compressed globular vessel rising from a stepped foot to a flaring rim, cast around the body with a narrow band of stylised kui dragons reserved on a liewen ground above a wave band at the foot, all divided by a pair of chilong handles, the bronze patinated to a dark chocolate tone, wood stand, 37.5cm wide. Provenance: The 7th Marquess of Downshire (1894-1989). Thence by family decent. 元至明 铜仿古夔龙纹双耳簋一件the compressed globular vessel rising from a stepped foot to a flaring rim, cast around the body with a narrow band of stylised kui dragons reserved on a liewen ground above a wave band at the foot, all divided by a pair of chilong handles, the bronze patinated to a dark chocolate tone, wood stand, 37.5cm wide. Provenance: The 7th Marquess of Downshire (1894-1989). Thence by family decent.
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