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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, GUI

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

    Price Realised USD 4,750
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    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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    AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, GUI

    QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

    Price Realised USD 4,750
    Price Realised USD 4,750
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    The vessel is decorated on each side with a pair of confronted kui dragons with coiled bodies, reserved on a leiwen ground and flanked by the pair of loop handles surmounted by a horned dragon head. The interior is cast with a three-character inscription, reading zuo bao yi.
    11½ in. (29 cm.) across handles


    Provenance
    Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
    Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
    Literature
    J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Washington, D.C., 1990, no. 59.
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