California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 May 10, 2020  May 10, 2020

 Lot # 9642 
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: $6000
  • Estimate To: $9000

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.