Spring and Autumn Period
The body formed by three flanged lobes rising from narrow cylindrical legs, a band of stylised dragons in raised relief, all beneath an everted rim, with malachite encrustation. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high.

Footnotes

春秋青銅夔龍紋鬲

Provenance: The Mengdiexuan Collection

Exhibited:
Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong & Urban Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October - 2 December 1990
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, 21 September 2001 - 5 October 2005
Chinese University Hong Kong Art Museum, Divine Power: The Dragon in Chinese Art, 12 February - 7 November 2012

Published and Illustrated:
J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.118, no.31
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2004, p.105

來源：香港夢蝶軒收藏

展覽：
1990年10月12日至12月2日於香港市政局暨香港東方陶瓷學會「青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器展覽」展出
2001年9月21日至2005年10月5日於香港美術館「金木水火土：香港文物收藏精品展」展出
2012年2月12日至11月7日於香港中文大學美術館「雲行雨施：中國龍文物」特展展出

出版：
J.Rawson及E.Bunker著，《青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器》，香港，1990年，頁118，編號31
《金木水火土：香港文物收藏精品》，香港，2004年，頁105

Several related excavated examples of this type have been published. See Shang Chou Dynasty Bronze V, Li Vessels, vol.5, Taipei, 1990, pp.143-144, nos.155, 157 and 158. with similar stylised scroll beneath an everted rim.

Compare with a similar li vessel, Spring and Autumn period, which was sold at Christie's Paris, 13 December 2017, lot 138.

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