A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC The bombé body cast in low rounded relief with a band of eight dragons set between bow-string borders and divided into four pairs by a small animal mask on each side and the pair of C-scroll handles issuing from animal heads and with a tab pendent from the bottom cast with the claws and tail feathers of a bird, with a similar band of pairs of dragons confronted on a stylized mask encircling the slightly flared foot, the interior cast with a three-character inscription, with a mottled pale greenish-grey patina and some ferrous and malachite encrustation 12 3/16 in. (31 cm.) across handles
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC The bombé body cast in low rounded relief with a band of eight dragons set between bow-string borders and divided into four pairs by a small animal mask on each side and the pair of C-scroll handles issuing from animal heads and with a tab pendent from the bottom cast with the claws and tail feathers of a bird, with a similar band of pairs of dragons confronted on a stylized mask encircling the slightly flared foot, the interior cast with a three-character inscription, with a mottled pale greenish-grey patina and some ferrous and malachite encrustation 12 3/16 in. (31 cm.) across handles
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