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THE RAN FU BING HE A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE

Starting price
$ 450 000
Auction dateClassic
19.03.2021 13:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
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ID 494999
Lot 805 | THE RAN FU BING HE A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE
THE RAN FU BING HE

A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE

LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC

The pear-shaped body is subtly lobed and flat-cast above each leg with a large bovine-like taotie mask with large rounded eyes reserved on a ground of leiwen. Two masks are centered by low flanges cast with chevron patterns, the third by a three-character inscription cast below the C-shaped handle surmounted by a bovine mask. The neck is cast with a dragon band between the top of the handle and the diagonally upright spout. The domed cover is cast below the finial with three inverted taotie masks, and has a single link that attaches the cover to the shoulder. The interior of the cover is cast with the same inscription as on the vessel. The bronze has a mottled grey and pale green patina.

13 in. (33 cm.) high

Medium:Bronze
Historical era:Antique period
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