Lot 27
  • 27

Vase en bronze, Gu Chine, dynastie Shang, XIIIE siècle avant J. C.

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • bronze
de forme cornet, le col largement évasé, la partie centrale légèrement renflée à décor incisé de masques de taotie sur fond de leiwen, traces d'oxydation vertes, pictogramme à l'intérieur ; restauration au pavillon

Provenance

Collection Louis Bataille, Paris, années 1960

Condition

Restaurations to the neck. Color is consistent with the catalogue illustration.
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Catalogue Note

See a similar vase illustrated in Helmut Brinker, Bronzen aus dem alten China, Zürich, 1975-76, pl.33