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A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE LI-DING (FOOD VESSEL), LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU, 12-10TH CENTURY BC
supported on three columnar legs, the three lobes forming the sides of the deep vessel, well-cast and rising to an everted rim set with two upright handles, with a stylised band around the waisted neck, cast in low-relief with three taotie masks, each centred with a pair of eye-bosses, and a low-raised flange, the surface with light malachite encrustation, 22cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
Reference: Please refer to Sotheby's, New York, 31 March and 1 April 2005, Lot 151; Sotheby's, New York 19 March 2002, "The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection", Lot 14, and Mossgreen, 23-25 November 2008, Lot 762; Other li-ding of this form are included in Robert W. Bagley, Chinese Ritual Bronzes From The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C. 1987, nos. 93-95
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Lot 3
supported on three columnar legs, the three lobes forming the sides of the deep vessel, well-cast and rising to an everted rim set with two upright handles, with a stylised band around the waisted neck, cast in low-relief with three taotie masks, each centred with a pair of eye-bosses, and a low-raised flange, the surface with light malachite encrustation, 22cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
Reference: Please refer to Sotheby's, New York, 31 March and 1 April 2005, Lot 151; Sotheby's, New York 19 March 2002, "The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection", Lot 14, and Mossgreen, 23-25 November 2008, Lot 762; Other li-ding of this form are included in Robert W. Bagley, Chinese Ritual Bronzes From The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C. 1987, nos. 93-95
Estimate $18,000 - $20,000
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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