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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'DOUBLE OWL' RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YOU) SHANG DYNASTY,...

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 13

A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'DOUBLE OWL' RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YOU) SHANG DYNASTY,...

Schätzpreis
400.000 $ - 600.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.258.500 $
Beschreibung:

A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'DOUBLE OWL' RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YOU) SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC of oval section, in the form of two addorsed owls, their rounded bodies supported on four stout legs, and crisply cast in low relief with four wings of simple curvilinear outline sweeping back to a pair of rings attached to a rope-twist handle, the domed cover cast on each side with a well-defined mask or owl face with two raised round eyes with recessed pupils, a prominent blunted beak and angular 'C'- scrolls defining the facial features, all below a central pyramidal knop decorated with cicada blades, the mottled green patina with some malachite and cuprite encrustation (2) Height 5 5/8 in., 14.3 cm

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 13
Auktion:
Datum:
20.03.2012
Auktionshaus:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'DOUBLE OWL' RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YOU) SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC of oval section, in the form of two addorsed owls, their rounded bodies supported on four stout legs, and crisply cast in low relief with four wings of simple curvilinear outline sweeping back to a pair of rings attached to a rope-twist handle, the domed cover cast on each side with a well-defined mask or owl face with two raised round eyes with recessed pupils, a prominent blunted beak and angular 'C'- scrolls defining the facial features, all below a central pyramidal knop decorated with cicada blades, the mottled green patina with some malachite and cuprite encrustation (2) Height 5 5/8 in., 14.3 cm

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 13
Auktion:
Datum:
20.03.2012
Auktionshaus:
Sotheby's
New York
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