A BRONZE BOWL, LATE EASTERN ZHOU TO HAN DYNASTY
China, 4th century BC to 3rd century AD. Thinly cast with deep rounded sides supported on a short foot and rising to an everted rim, the sides encircled by a raised band with a bowstring interrupted by a distinct pair of taotie mask handles suspending loose rings.


Provenance:
A noted collection in Paris, France. Tajan, Paris, 10 June 2014, lot 142 (dated to the Han dynasty). Ancienne Collection Particulière de M. M., Paris, France, acquired from the above.

Condition:
Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, signs of weathering and erosion, corrosion, small dents, minor nicks, light scratches, all as expected for a bronze vessel nearly two thousand years old. The bronze is covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with cuprite and malachite encrustations.

Weight: 1,806 g
Dimensions: Diameter 27.5 cm, Height 11.8 cm


Literature comparison:

Compare a closely related bronze vessel, 22.2 cm diameter, dated to the late Eastern Zhou dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 12.37.147.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 16 October 2001, lot 169
Price: USD 4,113 or approx.
EUR 6,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze high-footed bowl, late Eastern Han dynasty, 3rd century AD
Expert remark: Compare the related raised band cast to the exterior with a central bowstring terminating into taotie mask handles which have lost their rings. Note the different foot which is raised. Note the size (25 cm in diameter).




東周末至漢代輔首活環銅洗


中國，公元前4世紀至公元3世紀。束口，外壁有弦紋，深弧腹，圈足，兩側各有一個獸面輔首活環。


來源：
法國巴黎的著名收藏；巴黎Tajan，2014年 年 6 月 10 日，拍品 142（可追溯到漢朝）；法國巴黎Ancienne Collection Particulière de M. M.特別收藏，購自上述機構。

品相：
狀況良好，磨損、風化和侵蝕，有腐蝕、小凹痕、小刻痕、輕微劃痕。青銅表面有一層自然包漿以及紅綠結殼。

重量：1,806 克
尺寸：直徑 27.5 厘米，高 11.8 厘米


文獻比較：

比較一件非常相近的東周末期銅洗，直徑22.2 厘米，收藏於大都會藝術博物館，館藏編號12.37.147。


拍賣結果比較:

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2001年10月16日，lot 169
價格：USD 4,113（相當於今日
EUR 6,500
）
描繪：三世紀東漢末期高足碗
專家評論：比較相近的外部弦紋，弦紋止於饕餮輔面手柄，但活環已丟失。請注意不同的高足和尺寸(直徑25 厘米)。