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Récipient tripode couvert en bronze, Lian Dynastie Han, IIE siècle avant J.-C.-IIE siècle après J.-C.
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- Bronze
de forme cylindrique soutenue par trois pieds en forme d'animaux fabuleux, le pourtour ceint de deux larges bandes en léger retrait, flanquée de deux masques de taotie retenant des anneaux mobiles, le couvercle bombé orné de trois béliers couchés se faisant face (2)
Provenance
Reputedly from Changsha, Hunan province.
Dr. Natanael Wessen collects ion, Stockholm.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
collects ion of Louis Depagne, Nice and London.
Dr. Natanael Wessen collects ion, Stockholm.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
collects ion of Louis Depagne, Nice and London.
Exhibited
Eskenazi Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt-Bronzes from the Wessen and Other collects
ions, London, 11th – 25th June 1980, cat. No. 9.
Oriental Bronze Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Gilt-bronzes and Early Ceramics, London, 11th – 18th June 1986, no. 10.
Oriental Bronze Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Gilt-bronzes and Early Ceramics, London, 11th – 18th June 1986, no. 10.
Literature
Bernhard Karlgren, ‘Bronzes in the Wessen collects
ion’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1958, vol. 30, pls. 29 and 30.
Bernhard Karlgren and Jan Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes. The Natanael Wessen collects ion, Stockholm, 1969, vol. 1, no. 30, col. pl. 7, pl. 42.
Eskenazi Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt-bronzes from the Wessen and Other collects ions, London, 1980, cat. no. 9.
Oriental Bronze Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Gilt-bronzes and Early Ceramics, London, 1986, cat. no. 10.
Bernhard Karlgren and Jan Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes. The Natanael Wessen collects ion, Stockholm, 1969, vol. 1, no. 30, col. pl. 7, pl. 42.
Eskenazi Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt-bronzes from the Wessen and Other collects ions, London, 1980, cat. no. 9.
Oriental Bronze Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Gilt-bronzes and Early Ceramics, London, 1986, cat. no. 10.