A RARE BRONZE AXLE CUFF

Lot 852
19.09.2025 09:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1466650
Lot 852 | A RARE BRONZE AXLE CUFF
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A RARE BRONZE AXLE CUFF
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.
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