拍品 153
  • 153

西周早期 公元前十一世紀 青銅饕餮紋鼎

估價
60,000 - 100,000 USD
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描述

  • bronze
the trilobed body supported on three columnar legs, each lobe centered with a taotie mask with protruding eyes, reserved on a dense leiwen ground, the lipped rim set with two upright loop handles, a later added two-character pictogram below the interior rim

來源

James K. Cull伉儷收藏,倫敦,約1930年代
Max Loehr(1903-1988年)收藏 - 歷史學家、哈佛大學中國藝術教授、麻省劍橋市Fogg Museum策展人
J.J. Lally & Co.,紐約

展覽

J.J. Lally & Co.,紐約,1993年6月4日-30日,《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes》,編號 118

出版

W. Perceval Yetts,《The Cull Chinese Bronzes》,Courtland Institute of Art,倫敦大學,1939年,編號2,圖版II,頁3-5
J.J. Lally & Co.,紐約,1993年6月4日-30日,《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes》,編號 118

Condition

It is in good condition except that one of the loop handles is slightly leaning inward and has a crack of about 1¼ in. long underneath. The surface has been cleaned and might have been waxed.
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