Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2512Location: BostonDate / Time: June 25, 2010 3:00PM
Description:
Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel and Cover, You, China, possibly early Western Zhou dynasty (11th-10th century B.C.),the pear-shaped body cast in relief with two large taotie masks on either side, set between a narrow band of kui dragons encircling the pedestal foot and another around the neck, all reserved on leiwen grounds, flanked by notched flanges on the sides, the cover decorated in a similar fashion, surmounted by a domed finial cast with cicada patterns, with some green and azurite encrustation, ht. 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $7,000-9,000
Restoration to the lid