, Yi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century, after Western Zhou originals, each raised on four flat legs ending in claws, the sides horizontally ribbed below a band of stylised dragon 'key-fret', with a loop handles formed by the arched body of a dragon biting the rim in its jaws, with inscription cast in the base of one interior, with brown patina and pale green encrustations, 29cm long, fitted hardwood stands (2)
Provenance: Sir William Whitfield (1920-2019) and purchased by him in November 1946
Sir Stephen Harry Aitchison (1863-1942) his sale from the contents of Lemmington Hall, Northumberland, Storey Sons and Parker auctioneers, Newcastle upon Tyne, 27th November 1946, lot 127
明 青铜匜一对
拍品来源：William Whitfield (1920-2019) 爵士私人收藏，其于1946年11月27日购自英国诺森伯兰郡Lemmington Hall大宅拍卖，拍品编号127号
Condition Report:
one yi with the casting joints now separated originally cast in two halves and one having previously been glued together
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