ID 1291404
Lot 802 | A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The base of the interior is cast with a four-character inscription reading Lei zuo bao yi, which may be translated as 'Lei made this precious vessel.'
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, silver liner, zitan stand
Provenance
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, acquired in Japan circa 1995, by repute.
Literature
Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen (The Gathering of Ancient Writings at the Zhensongtang Studio), vol.9, Beijing, 1930, p.26, no.4.
Luo Zhengyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writing from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties), vol.14, Beijing, 1937, p. 1544.
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), vol. 9, Taipei, 1983, no. 6586.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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