ID 718837
Lot 721 | A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL, JIA
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
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.
| 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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