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12 novembre 2018

A set of five archaic bronze 'Taotie mask' ring handles, pushou, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BCE)

A set of five archaic bronze 'Taotie mask' ring handles, pushou, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BCE)

Lot 799. A set of five archaic bronze 'Taotie mask' ring handles, pushou, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BCE). Each 12.7cm (5in) long. Estimate £1,500 - 2,000. Sold for £ 3,500 (€ 3,997). © Bonhams

Each well cast in the form of a taotie mask with bulging eyes, the masks' elongated beak curled at the end forming a hollow ring, suspending a thick circular ring handle, box.  

Provenance: The Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: Compare a related pair of bronze mask and ring handles, Han dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1128.

Bonhams. Asian Art, 6 Nov 2018, LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

 

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