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A RARE AND MASSIVE (70 CM) ARCHAISTIC BEAST-FORM VESSEL, YI, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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Expert's note: The present archaistic vessel is remarkable for its massive size. Qing-dynasty archaistic animal-form vessels of such size are exceptionally rare and almost never appear on the auction market. For one example, the only of comparable proportions, see a 'gong' bronze vessel supported on a mythical beast, 51 cm high, dated to the Qing dynasty, at Christie's New York, 21 March 2014, lot 2039 (see auction result comparison below).China. Finely cast as a two-horned mythical creature standing on its four legs detailed with scrolls and sharp claws, the mouth agape forming a spout and revealing tongue and teeth, the beast with a fierce expression marked by wide bulging eyes, opposite the handle modeled as a dragon-fish with furcated tail. The deep sides cast with pendent plantain leaves, each enclosing taotie masks flanked by foliate scroll above a ruyi scepter, below a band of stylized animals against a leiwen ground. The interior cast with a large archaistic three-character inscription.Provenance: German trade. Acquired from a private estate near Düsseldorf, Germany.Condition: Good condition with old wear and expected casting irregularities, a short crack below the spout with associated tiny losses, light surface scratches, minuscule nicks, few minute dents, some calcification on the inside of the vessel. The bronze with a rich, naturally grown, dark patina with extensive verdigris.Weight: 9.6 kg Dimensions: Height 32 cm, Length 70 cmBronze yi emerged as a ritual vessel form during the late Western Zhou dynasty and continued in popularity until the Warring States period. The function of yi has been documented since the earliest stages of Chinese history. Yi were used together with water basins, pan, in ritual ceremonies to cleanse hands. It was stipulated in one of the ancient Chinese classics, the Book of Rites, that an elder would pour water from the yi for the ritual performers to wash their hands before proceeding with sacred rites, and the clan's junior member would concurrently carry a pan to collect the water. Yi had been a tangible symbol reflecting the ritual etiquette of royalty and the nobility during the Zhou dynasty.Bronze yi, in addition to serving as water implements during ritual ceremonies, also functioned as wine vessels in the Eastern Zhou dynasty. According to the inscription of the Spring and Autumn period Lu Da Si Tu Yuan Yi, discovered in Qufu county during the Republic period, currently preserved in the Shandong Museum, Jinan, the vessel is identified as a 'drinking vessel' (see Zhu Fenghan, Zhongguo qingtongqi zonglun [A Comprehensive Survey of Chinese Bronzes], vol. 1, Shanghai, 2009, p. 288).Literature comparison:For archaic prototypes of beast-headed pouring vessels from the Spring and Autumn period, see an example in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B60B957; and another in the National Palace Museum, reference number 中銅001130N000000000.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 21 March 2014, lot 2039 Price: USD 443,000 or approx. EUR 512,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A very large bronze archaistic vessel, Gong, Qing dynastyExpert remark: Compare the related archaistic beast-form design. Note the size (51 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2025, lot 210 Price: USD 15,240 or approx. EUR 13,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A rare bronze 'dragon' pouring vessel, Song - Ming dynasty Expert remark: Compare the related animal head and malachite patina. Note the much smaller size (26 cm).

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