A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL, JIA

Lot 721
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
$ 80 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 718837
Lot 721 | A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL, JIA
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL, JIA

The vessel is raised on three tall tapering, triangular blade-form supports. The body is well cast in relief with two registers of taotie masks separated by flanges as well as by the loop handle surmounted by a horned animal mask below the rectangular posts rising from the rim cast with rooster-form caps. There is an inscription cast on one post and the patina is of a mottled dark green tone.

27 in. (69.2 cm.) high







Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
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