Bertolami Fine Arts srl Piazza Lovatelli, 1 00186 Roma Italia, Italy
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LOT 76:
A PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC BRONZE EWERS, JUE
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Sold for: €1,800
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€2,000 - €3,000
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A PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC BRONZE EWERS, JUE
China, Qing dynasty
The two ewers with a shape clearly inspired by similar bronze ritual containers of the Shang dynasty, supported by three feet and with a wide ship-like mouth with two pinnacles, with an ear handle coming from an animal head, the body with an incised decoration also of archaic inspiration, an incised inscription near the handles.
32cm high each
Provenance: Italian private collection.
The two vases are published in the volume Collection particulière à la découverte de chefs-doeuvre inconnus..., 2 vols., Algarve, circa 1990, pp. 205-206, dated to the Shang dynasty.
