A Small Chinese Bronze Gu – Qing
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All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Metalwork: Pre 1900: item # 913934
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This lot did not sell. Bidding closed at Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 14:28:00 EST (02:28 pm Eastern) U.S. (Asian0013 - February 2012 Auction)
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Description:
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This is a smallish Chinese bronze “GU” form – with totally plain simple design. The piece measures 4 ¾” high and is 4” diameter at the top. It is in very good shape – fine patina – one ½” crack in the bottom rim. We date the piece to the late Qing dynasty, circa 1850-1880s.
A Gu was an early Chinese form – normally in bronze – that was a tall, slim wine cup with no handles and with a wide opening at the top and a base of lesser diameter - early Shang to Western Zhou, 13th century.. This simplicity of the Gu has been handed down for centuries.
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