A RARE OFFERING BRONZE STAND

Estimated Value:

600 € - 1.000 €

Schätzpreis:

600 €

Description:

China, Han dynasty
H. 12 cm
Rare sacrificial device, the round and flat base with slightly flared rim is supported by a cylindrical foot which widens considerably at the bottom, its small perforations probably allowing it to be mounted on an altar.
Important Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1980s by Susan Chen in Hong Kong
Publ. Zeileis: "From Shang to Qing - Three and a Half Millennia of Chinese Bronze", 1999, no. 136, p. 344
Cf. Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji (The Complete Collection of Chinese Bronzes), Editing Committee ed. Cultural Relies Publishing House (Beijing) 1995, a similar table is shown in volume 9 on p.19 as no. 18, another one, with lid, p.155, as no. 152
Traces of age, part. green corroded

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