A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ARCHAISTIC WINE VESSEL, YOU, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. The flattened, pear-shaped body cast on each side with a large taotie mask with silver and gold-inlaid details, flanked by flanges, between bands of archaistic birds centered by animal masks at the neck and divided by flanges at the foot, all reserved against a leiwen ground. The arched, rope-twist handle attached to projecting bars with animal mask terminals.Provenance: From an old French private estate.Condition: Some old wear, few nicks, small dents, light surface scratches, and casting flaws. The original cover lost.Weight: 5,326 gDimensions: Height 42.8 cm (incl. handle) and 27.6 cm (excl. handle and cover)With an associated bronze cover dating from the 19th to the early 20th century. (2)The present lot derives from an archaic bronze prototype, you, which was used as a ritual wine vessel during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.Literatureparison:Compare a related bronze vessel and cover with a rope-twist handle, dated to the 18th century, illustrated by Sydney L. Moss, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, pl. 58.Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2019, lot 59Price: GBP 25,000 or approx.EUR 33,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: An archaistic silver and gold-inlaid bronze wine vessel and cover, you, 17th/18th centuryExpert remark:pare the closely related form and decoration. Note the much smaller size (25.4 cm) and original cover.Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2014, lot 252Price: GBP 80,500 or approx.EUR 116,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: An archaistic silver and gold-inlaid bronze wine vessel and cover, you, Ming dynastyExpert remark:pare the closely related form and decoration. Note the smaller size (30.2 cm) and original cover.Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2011, lot 253Price: GBP 30,000 or approx.EUR 46,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: An archaistic silver and gold inlaid bronze wine vessel and cover, you, Qing dynasty, 18th centuryExpert remark:pare the closely related form and decoration. Note the smaller size (30.5 cm) and original cover.十七至十八世紀銅錯金銀提梁卣中國。小巧而精緻的鑄件，造型靈感來自商代銅卣，表面錯金銀絲，加強裝飾效果，雷紋地，饕餮獸面紋，上有提梁索股。