ID 718849
Lot 715 | A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The neck of the pear-shaped vessel is encircled by a band of diamond pattern formed by angular leiwen spirals between narrow borders of D-shaped scales or feathers repeated on the tall foot. The interior of the foot is cast with a graph in the form of a fish. The patina is dark grey with areas of malachite encrustation.
5 1⁄4 in. (13.4 cm.) high, brocade box
Provenance
Gump’s, San Francisco, 1940.
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1506.
Literature
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng xu bian, Shanghai, 2016, vol. 2, p. 500, no. 0711.
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Shang dynasty, 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 |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Shang dynasty, 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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