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The circular vessel is fnely cast with two angular upright handles decorated with entwined kui dragons. The body is cast with two further kui dragon bands, separated by a raised ‘rope-twist’ band, all supported on three cabriole feet. The fat cover is encircled with kui dragon bands and three applied openwork,
L-shaped ‘dragon’ plaques, and is surmounted by a central loop handle.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam. wide
£20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
Christie’s, London, 12 May 2012, lot 275.
Formerly in a Private European collection amassed in the early 1990s.
The dating of the current lot is consistent with the results of thermoluminescence analysis carried out by The Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, no. 666y258.
戰國青銅夔龍紋蓋鼎
來源:倫敦佳士得2012年5月12日拍賣,拍品第275號;歐洲私人舊藏,大部分購自1990年代