KÄRL med LOCK, gui, brons. Troligen sen Shang dynastin (ca 1500-1040 f.Kr)/tidig Zhou dynastin (1040-256 f.Kr.)
Maskaronhänklar, stiliserad reliefdekor med taotiemasker. Innsidan av locket och urnan med arkaiska tecken. Höjd 20 cm. Längd 27 cm.
Slitage, delvis polerad. Anlupen.
Proveniens
Signe Trygger (1867-1934, née Söderström), married to Ernst Trygger (1857-1943), Professor of Law, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Prime Minister (1923-24).
The Orvar Karlbeck Consortium 1930-31. Illustrated and described in Volume One, p. 25-26, fig 75.
Litteratur
Deydier, Christian, "Chinesische Bronzen", München 1981. Compare similar gui dated to Late Shang/Early Zhou dynasty, p. 51, fig 31.
Övrig information
Bronzes were used by the Shang aristocracy for ritual purposes.
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