Christie’s to Offer Important Collections of Chinese Archaic Bronzes
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced that it has
been entrusted with the sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from
the
Anthony Hardy Collection on September 16 as part of Christie’s Fall
Asian Art
Week. This collection of approximately 120 lots valued in excess of $15
million
will be led by a very rare and important archaic bronze ritual tripod
food
vessel, ‘Li’, from the late Shang dynasty, 12th century BC. Many of the
magnificent bronze vessels from the Sze Yuan Tang Collection date to the
13th–12th centuries B.C., the Golden Age of the Shang dynasty. This was
the
period when Anyang, in Northern Henan province, served as the capital,
and when
some of the finest and most sophisticated bronzes were created.