A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE

Los 712
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Los 712 | A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

The deep body is raised on three blade-shaped supports and is flat-cast on the sides with a band of stylized dragons below a band of cruciform motifs all on a leiwen ground. The posts that rise from the rim have conical caps cast with whorl motifs. An inscription, nan (son) is cast beneath the handle which is surmounted by a bovine mask. The patina is of greyish olive-green color.

8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high







Provenance

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16 November 1973, lot 11.

The Property of J. R. H. Johnson, Esq; Sotheby’s London, 15 December 1981, lot 13.

Private collection, Japan.







Literature

Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 249.





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Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer’s premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address, the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer’s premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer’s Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.
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