Chinese Archaic Bronze Gui

Description

Chinese Archaic Bronze Gui
Ritual food vessel, with compressed globular body, raised on waisted foot, with a pair of loop handles decorated as a water buffalo.

Losses.Provenance:
Property from a Private New York and German Collector
5 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (14 x 31.8 x 21 cm.)

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Chinese Archaic Bronze Gui

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