A LARGE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI

Lot 804
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Lot 804 | A LARGE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
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$ 80 000 – 120 000
A LARGE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The base of the interior is cast with a three-character inscription reading Ya Fu Xin, which may be translated as 'Ya (a clan sign) Father Xin'.
11 in. (28 cm.) across handles, Japanese double wood box




Provenance

Probably Panwen Qingong (Pan Zuyin, 1830-1890) Collection.
Furukawa Family Collection, early 20th century (according to label on box).
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, acquired in Japan circa 1995, by repute.



Literature

Wu Dacheng, Kezhai jigulu (Record of antiques collected by Kezhai), vol. 7, 1896, no.17.1.
Luo Zhenyu, Yin wen cun (Surviving inscriptions from the Yin dynasty), vol. 1, 1916, p.15, no.10.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojingge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), vol. 7, 1935, p.1216.
Luo Zhengyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writing from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties), vol. 6, 1937, p.600.
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 1891.
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1984, no.10521.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qing tong qi ming wen ji tu xiang ji cheng, vol.8, Shanghai, 2012, p.139, no.03829.
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