A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The body is cast in rounded relief on a plain ground with a wide 'diamond-and-boss' band below a bow-string border and a band centered on each side by an animal mask cast in high relief flanked by three dragons with backward-turned heads alternating with two whorl bosses, all between further bow-string borders and interrupted by the pair of C-shaped handles that issue from an animal head and are cast at the bottom with a hooked pendant. The whole is raised on a foot encircled by a band centered on each side by a simplified mask flanked by two pairs of serpents that are separated by a narrow flange below each handle. The surface has a mottled dark grey and milky olive-green patina. 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The body is cast in rounded relief on a plain ground with a wide 'diamond-and-boss' band below a bow-string border and a band centered on each side by an animal mask cast in high relief flanked by three dragons with backward-turned heads alternating with two whorl bosses, all between further bow-string borders and interrupted by the pair of C-shaped handles that issue from an animal head and are cast at the bottom with a hooked pendant. The whole is raised on a foot encircled by a band centered on each side by a simplified mask flanked by two pairs of serpents that are separated by a narrow flange below each handle. The surface has a mottled dark grey and milky olive-green patina. 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
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