A PAIR OF BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSELS AND COVERS, GUI, LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY-EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC
A PAIR OF BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSELS AND COVERS, GUI
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY-EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC
Each vessel and cover is cast with bands of hooked scrolls and horizontal grooves. Each vessel is flanked by handles surmounted by dragon heads with large horns, and supported on three mask and paw feet. Each cover is cast inside the circular handle with a coiled dragon.
11 in. (28 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSELS AND COVERS, GUI
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY-EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC
Each vessel and cover is cast with bands of hooked scrolls and horizontal grooves. Each vessel is flanked by handles surmounted by dragon heads with large horns, and supported on three mask and paw feet. Each cover is cast inside the circular handle with a coiled dragon.
11 in. (28 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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