California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 23, 2019  June 23, 2019

 Lot # 7060 
AN ARCHAIC RITUAL BRONZE FOOD VESSEL GUI    西周 青銅獸面紋簋


  • Dimension: Height: 6 in (15.2 cm) Length: 13 in (33.0 cm) Diameter: 9 in (22.9 cm)
  • Estimate From: $12000
  • Estimate To: $22000

Of bombé form, rising from splayed foot to a gently flaring rim flanked by loop handles emerging from the jaws of a horned beast, the sides crisply cast with a wide band of raised bosses against a lozenge ground, bordered on either side by ring-punched bands, all below four pairs of stylized dragons centered on a pair of animal masks below the rim, the foot with a band of confronted dragons. Western Zhou Dynasty period.


Provenance: Property from a Nevada private collection
迄今所見最早的青銅簋出現於商代中期,其後青銅簋作為食器,一直流行至戰國時期。本件器物造型厚重,侈口,束頸,圓鼓腹,圈底,頸部為連珠紋,腹兩側有一對獸首半環形耳。腹部兩面各飾淺浮雕雲雷紋,額頂正中又增飾高浮雕小獸首,器身浮雕乳釘紋。整器鑄造精良,紋飾繁複,舒朗有度,是西周青銅簋中的珍品。 來源: 內華達州私人藏家提供