ID 1291422
Lot 814 | A FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
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 |
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| 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 |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| 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 |
| Address of auction |
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