A rare Chinese bronze ritual vessel in the form of a tapir in Eastern Zhou-style, Warring States

A rare Chinese bronze ritual vessel in the form of a tapir in Eastern Zhou-style, Warring States period L.: 16 cm - H.: 9,5 cm Weight: 575 grams Provenance: An important Belgian private collection. Re

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, Warring States, Eastern Zhou, ca. 475 BCE to 220 CE. A bronze vessel of an elegant form with a broad, rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, and a flared rim, a

Chinese Archaic Bronze Animal-Form Vessel Zhou or Warring States Dynasty. Shaped as a lamb with open back, round eyes, with large backward pointing ears, and incised nostrils, the lamb’s open mouth

Funerary Ritual Jade in the Form of a Sword Slide, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC), subtle mossy celadon and umber color, carved in shallow relief with wind patterns and Tao

ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ZUN VESSELArchaistic Zhou-style Chinese silvered bronze zun ritual vessel; of short trumpet form with flared rim and notched flanges; the body with taotie-mask design in relief; H: 7

Western Zhou-Style Bronze Fangding VesselLarge Chinese Western Zhou-style bronze ritual food vessel (fangding); of square form with two loop handles resting upon four legs with taotie masks with rams

Archaistic Chinese late Shang/ Warring States-style bronze food vessel (dou); of rounded form on a central raised openwork foot; the fitted cover with five splayed finials/feet;; H: 11 1/2&#34

Antique and heavy, Chinese Warring States-style, bronze covered tripod vessel; the wide circular form with bird forms reserved on interlocking patterning, notched flanges, and a bird-headed spout, set

Chinese archaic style bronze ding, Possibly Warring States period, verdigris patinated bronze tripod ritual vessel with cover, out-set square handles, 5.75"h (to top of handles) x 8.75"w x 7"d Provena

Large Chinese Cast Bronze Tripod Ritual Food Vessel, Eastern Zhou Dynasty. A symbol of authority and burial offering, this example is decorated with two bands of curvilinear anthropomorphic decoration

Full title: A Chinese archaic bronze ritual food vessel in Western Zhou-style, 'fangding', Bao Ding Zhen Yong ???? mark, Ming Description: H.: 22,5 cm

Chinese Archaic Bronze Ritual Dou Food Vessel - A ceremonial Zhou-style covered vessel, bronze with crusty green patina, with silver inlaid designs, annular handles at each side. The cover having thre

AN ARCHISTIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL China, Western Zhou style, gui-form, with two mythical bird-inspired handles, decorated in relief with two sets of mythical bird designs divided with two flanges, all

Massive archaic-style Chinese Zhou-style bronze tripod vessel; of circular form with large squared loop handles; showing elaborate mask design in relief to exterior; possibly antique; with inscription

Chinese Zhou-Style Bronze Flask VesselChinese Zhou-style, bronze vessel; of rounded flask form, with two small handles, each pending a loose ring, with an ovoid mouth and set on a tall foot; pictogram

Antique Chinese Zhou-style, bronze covered tripod ritual gui vessel; the globular body with channeled grooving, with animal-head handles, matching cover with opening to the finial, and all set upon a

A Chinese archaic style bronze ritual food vessel, Gui, probably Western Zhou Dynasty, raised on circular foot with stylized animal masks, the compressed globular body cast with concave horizontal ban

Archaistic Zhou-Style Bronze Gui VesselArchaistic Chinese Zhou-style bronze grain vessel (gui); of bulbous form with beastly handles; the ribbed body with floral and mask band to upper and lower regis

Large Zhou-Style Bronze Dui VesselLarge Chinese Zhou-style bronze food dui vessel; of rounded form on a raised base, two dragon head handles along the ribbed body with taotie mask shoulder band; L: 13

Antique Chinese Zhou-style, bronze covered tripod ritual gui (food container) vessel; the globular body with channeled grooving, with animal-headed handles, matching cover with opening to the

Western Zhou-Style Bronze Beer Yu VesselChinese Western Zhou-style bronze beer vessel (yu); of squat pear form with flared base, overarching handle with bovine head terminals; a simple taotie mask ban

Two Zhou-Style Bronze You VesselsTwo Chinese Zhou-style bronze beer vessels (you); each of squat pear form with matching domed covers: the smaller with bovine head terminals and phoenixes to body; tog

Height: 13.2cm. Diam: 18cm.

Height: 12.5cm. Diam: 18.2cm.