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A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL (YAN) by Anonymous

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A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL (YAN)

Bronze
Sculpture
Unique artwork
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, New York (16 Mar 2016)
$******

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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Mar 16, 2016
Sotheby'sNew YorkImportant Chinese Art339
$****** - ******
A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL (YAN)
Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Materials

bronze

Provenance

Michael Goedhuis, London, 13th March 1990.

Collection of Rodman C. Rockefeller.

Description

cast to resemble an archaic steamer, the lower section divided into three bulbous lobes tapering to three columnar feet, each lobe cast with a taotie mask, below triangular flanges on the sides of the bell-shaped upper section, cast with a band of archaistic motifs just below the flared mouth rim, set with two upright loop handles, the surface enhanced with patination, the interior inscribed Boju zuo bao zunyi in archaic script