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THBChinese Shang Dynasty Bronze Lidded Gui w/ TL
Lot 62
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1600 to 1046 BCE. A cast-bronze ritual vessel used for serving food known as a gui. The compressed spherical body presents with dozens of protruding vertical ribs atop a circular foot and features a pair of abstract dragon handles as well as a removable, form-fitting lid bearing a circular handle. Registers of abstract zoomorphic creatures course around the shoulder and foot atop fineline curvilinear motifs characteristic of Shang Dynasty artistry, and two stylized anthropomorphic maskettes are centered along the upper shoulder registers. A fine example covered in thick layers of green and brown patina. Size (w/ lid): 13.4" W x 9.4" H (34 cm x 23.9 cm)
For two examples of a Shang Dynasty gui, please see The British Museum, museum number 1977,0404.1 as well as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 62.217.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, started in the 1980s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#133369Restoration to bottom of interior. Encrustations and abrasions to handles, body, foot, and lid, with softening to some finer details, and repatination to surfaces of body. Nice earthen deposits and patina throughout. One TL drill hole beneath one handle.Condition
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