ID 718681
Lot 722 | A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC ELEPHANT-FORM VESSEL, ZUN
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
The vessel is cast as a stylized elephant, with the cover formed by the elephant's head and a tiger clambering up the back. The sides are decorated with friezes of coiled birds and serpents, all reserved on a leiwen ground. The underside of the cover and the interior of the vessel are cast with an inscription, and the patina is of a mottled, deep green tone.
17 3⁄4 in. (45.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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