ID 1466650
Lot 852 | A RARE BRONZE AXLE CUFF
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-9TH CENTURY BC
8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm.) high, composite stand
Provenance
The Malcolm collection: ancient bronzes; works of art; early ceramics; Sotheby's London, 29 March 1977, lot 19.
Christie's New York, 18 September 1997, lot 327, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, pl.12, no. 265.
Exhibited
London, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, 1935-6, no. 265.
Paris, Musée Cernuschi, La Decouverte de l'Asie, Hommage à René Grousset, 1954, no. 387.
| 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 |
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