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A VERY FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU

Lot 1111
24.03.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 1111 | A VERY FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
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$ 150 000 – 250 000
A VERY FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

The interior of the foot is cast with a three-character inscription reading fu yi meng (Father Yi. Meng).

12 7/8 in. (33 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box





Provenance

Liu E (1857-1909) Collection.

Liu Tizhi (1879-1962) Collection.

Dr. Gustaf Hilleström (1880-1962) Collection, Stockholm.

The Property of Dr. Gustaf Hilleström; Sotheby & Co., London, 11 July 1972, lot 277.



Literature

Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen (Gathering of Ancient Writings at the Zhensongtang Studio), 1930, vol. 9, p. 4.

Liu Tizhi, Shanzhai jijin lu (The Records of Auspicious Bronzes in the Shanzhai Studio), 1934, vol. 5, p. 25.

Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 5, p. 54.

Wang Chen, Xu Yinwencun (Continuation of the Surviving Writings from the Yin Dynasty), 1935, vol. 2, p. 43.

Rong Geng, Jinwen bian (Compendium of Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1985, vol. 14, p. 987.

Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1992, vol. 12, p. 214, no. 7099.

Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), ed., Yinzhou jinwen jichengshiwen (Interpretations of the Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Hong Kong, 2001, no. 7099.

Wang Guowei and Luo Fuyi, Sandai qin han liangsong jinwen zhulubiao (List of Literature of Bronze Inscriptions from the Three Dynasties, Qin and Han), Beijing, 2003, p. 329.

Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshi zhigao (A Record of Bronze and Stone Inscriptions in Chinese History), Qingdao, 2004, vol. 5, p. 973, no. 115.

Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Sales, Shanghai, 2007, no. 228.

Wang Xinyi, Shangzhou tuxing wenzi bian (Dictionary of the pictograms from the Shang and Zhou dynasties), Beijing, 2007, p.148, no. 337.

Liu Yu et. al., Shangzhou jinwen zong zhulubiao (Comprehensive List of Literature of Shang and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 2008, no. 7746.

He Jingcheng, Shangzhou qingtongqi zushi mingwen yanjiu (Study of the Clan Signs on the Shang and Zhou Bronzes), Jinan, 2009, p. 537, no. A697.

Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 18, p. 262, no. 9554.

Yan Zhibin, Study on the Bronze Inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, Shanghai, 2013, p. 494, no. 2881.



Exhibited

Museum of Far Eastern Art, Stockholm, 1968.



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Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
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