19 mars 2021
A finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC
Lot 501. A finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC; 12 in. (30.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 187,500. © Christie's 2021
The trumpet neck of the slender vessel is decorated with four elongated blades crisply cast in relief with a dissolved taotie mask on a leiwen ground that rise from a narrow band of four kui dragons with hooked beaks and upturned tails. The... [Lire la suite]26 mars 2020
An unusual bronze ritual wine vessel, jue, late Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC
Lot 2017. An unusual bronze ritual wine vessel, jue, late Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC; 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price Realized USD 112,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.
The deep body is raised on three tall blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks formed by pairs of addorsed birds facing and separated by narrow flanges. One mask is flanked by small descending birds and centered on a further flange,... [Lire la suite]26 mars 2020
A bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, Shang dynasty, 13th century BC
Lot 3641. A bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, Shang dynasty, 13th century BC; 9½ in. (24 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price Realized USD 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.
The vessel has a plain, trumpet-shaped neck above a center section bordered by double bow-string lines and cast with two taotie masks composed of fine tight scrolls and centered on narrow flanges above a scroll border and two further large, similarly cast taotie masks on the spreading... [Lire la suite]29 août 2019
A bronze ritual wine vessel, hu, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8)
Lot 833. A bronze ritual wine vessel, hu, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8); 12in (30.5cm) high. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,700 - 4,500). Courtesy Bonhams.
The rounded baluster-form body rising to a gently waisted neck with a flared galleried mouth, supported on a low pedestal foot ring, the sides of the body encircled by three raised bands, the shoulder set with a pair of opposing taotie masks suspending loose rings, the surfaces with polished ferrous, azurite and malachite encrustation.
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A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Late Shang – Early Western Zhou dynasty
Lot 12. A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Late Shang – Early Western Zhou dynasty. Height 13 in., 33 cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot sold 310,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's
of cylindrical form, boldly cast around the slightly bulging waist with two taotie masks with rounded eyes and ‘C’-shaped horns, the splayed foot decorated with further taotie masks with rectangular slit pupils, upright horns and hooked jaws, below two bow-string bands interrupted by two... [Lire la suite]07 septembre 2013
A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th century BC
A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th century BC. Photo: Sothebys.
rising from a splayed foot to an everted rim, the central section cast in relief with two taotie masks with bulging eyes on a leiwen ground divided by narrow flanges between double bowstring bands, the dark brownish-green patina with some light malachite encrustation, Japanese wood box and cover (3). Height 10 in., 25.4 cm. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000 USD
An old Japanese... [Lire la suite]