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Auction archive: Lot number 16

AN UNUSUAL ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (LI DING) EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$40,000
Price realised:
US$254,500
Auction archive: Lot number 16

AN UNUSUAL ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (LI DING) EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$40,000
Price realised:
US$254,500
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (LI DING) EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the body cast in three shallow lobes supported on tall cylindrical legs, each lobe crisply cast with a widely spaced disjointed taotie mask in relief below a band of kui dragons, all on a plain ground, the smooth patina of brownish tone, a four-character inscription to the interior height 9 1/8 in., 23.2 cm; width 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm

Auction archive: Lot number 16
Auction:
Datum:
22 Mar 2011
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (LI DING) EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the body cast in three shallow lobes supported on tall cylindrical legs, each lobe crisply cast with a widely spaced disjointed taotie mask in relief below a band of kui dragons, all on a plain ground, the smooth patina of brownish tone, a four-character inscription to the interior height 9 1/8 in., 23.2 cm; width 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm

Auction archive: Lot number 16
Auction:
Datum:
22 Mar 2011
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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