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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
16-Jun-2014
Lot No.
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Description:
A Chinese archaic bronze Li-Ding, late Shang/early Western Zhou, 12th-10th century BC, with two upright handles, well cast with a stylised band on the neck, the bulbous tri-form body supported on three straight legs, good patina with malachite incrustation, 22 cm high, 13 cm diameter. Provenance: Melbourne private collection. See Sothebys NY 19/3/2002 'the Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection', lot 14 for another example, dated early Western Zhou
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified