BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, YOU
HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
£2,016
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
漢或以後 青銅提樑卣
the globular body on three zoomorphic-feet rising to waisted neck and straight mouth, raised ribs decorating the shoulders, with a chained loop handle, the cover moulded with archaic motifs enclosing a small loop finial
Dimensions
18.3cm high; 1498g
Provenance
Provenance: OAG (Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.), 1996 (according to collector's inventory).
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: M.20.
Footnote
Note: Two related bronze xianglou you (one without cover), Han dynasty, are in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, collection nos. Gu Tong 故銅1921 and 1922. Similar form of wares are also seen on the market, one sold at Christie's London, 7 Nov 2017, lot 171; the other at Bonham's Los Angeles, 21 June 2022, lot 89.
Also compare to two more related examples, note the related treatment of covers, one in the abovementioned museum, collection no. Zhong Tong 中銅1046, and the other sold at Christie's New York, 15 Sep 2017, lot 910.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價