Two small bronze drinking vessels. Early Western Zhou dynasty, ca. 11./10. Jh. v. Chr. - image-1

Lot 332 Dα

Two small bronze drinking vessels. Early Western Zhou dynasty, ca. 11./10. Jh. v. Chr.

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 68.200 € (incl. premium)
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Two small bronze drinking vessels. Early Western Zhou dynasty, ca. 11./10. Jh. v. Chr.

Both of elegant shape with a splayed foot and wide mouth, a) with a narrow frieze of angular S-scrolls to the neck, green-speckled patina, base reworked, to the inside a single character, and b) undecorated, brown and green mottled patina. Restored and crack. (2)
Height a) 14.9 cm; b) 13.7 cm

西周早期 青銅酒器
來源：德國科隆 Gottfried Hertel（1925年-2019年）私人收藏
可比：Jessica Rawson（著），Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections，卷 IIB, 華盛頓 1990年，第630-631頁，圖101

Provenance

Collection Gottried Hertel (1925-2019), Cologne

Literature

a) Compare similar piece illustrated in Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York 1995, no. 101, p. 631