California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 16, 2016  July 16, 2016

 Lot # 297 
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL    銅觚


  • Dimension: Height: 11 1/8 in (28.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $100
  • Estimate To: $200

Of slender form rising from a spreading base to a square-shaped trumpet mouth, the neck cast with four tapering cicada blades shaped pattern, the central bulb and foot crisply cast with taotiemasks set with raised eyes and brows divided by notched flanges and the leiwen spiral ground finely cast, the bronze with a smooth brownish patina to the decorated surfaces, some malachite encrustration inside the vessel. Qing Dynasty period.