A pair of Chinese ritual bronze archaistic pouring vessels, Yi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century
A pair of Chinese ritual bronze archaistic pouring vessels, Yi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century, after Western Zhou originals, each raised on four flat legs ending in claws, the sides horizontally ribbed below a band of stylised dragon 'key-fret', with a loop handles formed by the arched body of a dragon biting the rim in its jaws, with inscription cast in the base of one interior, with brown patina and pale green encrustations, 29cm long, fitted hardwood stands (2)
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one yi with the casting joints loose and partly separated and probably previously consolidated
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A pair of Chinese ritual bronze archaistic pouring vessels, Yi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century, after Western Zhou originals, each raised on four flat legs ending in claws, the sides horizontally ribbed below a band of stylised dragon 'key-fret', with a loop handles formed by the arched body of a dragon biting the rim in its jaws, with inscription cast in the base of one interior, with brown patina and pale green encrustations, 29cm long, fitted hardwood stands (2)
Condition Report:
one yi with the casting joints loose and partly separated and probably previously consolidated
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