Lot 2908
  • 2908

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, LIDING LATE SHANG – EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

Estimate
2,200,000 - 2,800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Bronze
the deep bowl divided into three lobes resting on straight legs, the everted rim set with a pair of plain loop handles, each lobe finely cast with a taotie mask with protruding eyes and horns, flanked by descending serpentine animals to the sides, all against a dense leiwen ground, the bronze patinated to a pale green tone with patches of malachite encrustation, wood stand

Provenance

An old Japanese collection.