LOT 23 ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI WESTERN ZHO...
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Gui: 12.5cm wide
ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周 青銅重環紋簋及蓋 及 青銅重環紋饕餮首角型車馬飾一對(共三件) of squatted-globular form, the body supported on a wide-spreading foot, the domed cover with a flaring finial, the body and the cover cast with a band of double-ring pattern, the tapering shoulder applied with a pair of protruding knobs as handles; together with A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE CHARIOT FITTINGS, each of a curvy horn-shape, issuing from a mythical animal taotie head, one side cast with double-ring pattern, the other plain side attached with two loop rings for fitting (Gui: 12.5cm wide, 1066g; chariot fittings: 12.1cm and 12.5cm wide, 162g in total) Qty: (3) Note: A closely comparable Western Zhou dynasty bronze gui vessel with cover, similar in the double-ring pattern around the body and cover, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. 中銅 Zhong Tong 551. Another comparable Western Zhou bronze gui vessel with cover, cast with horizontal concentric tiers, was sold at Bonhams London, 7th June 2021, lot 431.
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