Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)

Chinese Bronze Dou Covered Food Vessel

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $600 - $800

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Chinese Bronze Dou Covered Food Vessel

Archaic style having a lid which serves as a bowl, on a footed pedestal base, double handles, and bands of foliate and scroll designs

Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate

Height: 18 inches, Width: 12 inches, Depth: 9 inches

Condition: Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; oxidation overall, discolored area on lid having pitting inside and out, hole near rim; pedestal bowl having pitting, hairline crack and numerous pin hole through metal

Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

Category: Decorative Arts > Asian

Estimated Sale Time: 10:49 am CST

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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Last modified: June 2, 2022, 1:29 pm

Condition: Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; oxidation overall, discolored area on lid having pitting inside and out, hole near rim; pedestal bowl having pitting, hairline crack and numerous pin hole through metal

Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 9 in