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A FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU

Lot 814
20.09.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 814 | A FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH – 11TH CENTURY BC
The inner foot is cast with an inscription reading Yali (a clan sign) followed by shi X X.
12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.), zitan box, hardwood stand




Provenance

Yamanaka & Co., Ltd.
Collection of Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941).
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 14-15 November 1963, lot 258.
Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo.
Monochrome II; Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2020, lot 58.



Literature

Umehara Sueji, Shina Kodo Seika/Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe and America, vol. 1, Osaka, 1933, cat. no. 53.
Wang Chen, Xu Yinwencun (Continuation of the Surviving Writings from the Yin Dynasty), Beijing, 1935, vol. 2, p. 45.9.
Selected Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Mrs. Christian R. Holmes, n.d.
Chen Mengjia, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ed.), Mei diguo zhuyi jielue de wo guo Yin Zhou tongqi jilu, Beijing, 1962, no. R139.
Noel Barnard and Cheung Kwong-Yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American, and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, vol. 7, no. 1080.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Ancient Art
Historical era:Shang dynasty
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
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