A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL POURING VESSEL AND COVER, YI

Lot 808
20.09.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 808 | A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL POURING VESSEL AND COVER, YI
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$ 40 000 – 60 000
A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL POURING VESSEL AND COVER, YI
LATE WESTERN-EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 8TH CENTURY BC
The base of the interior is cast with an inscription reading Qi wan nian zi sun yong bao yong, which may be translated 'May their descendants forever preserve and use (this vessel)'.
15 in. (38 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box inscribed by Hata Zoroku II (1852-1932), dated 1921




Provenance

Teizo Ota (1878-1957) Collection, Kyoto.
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.



Literature

Sueji Umehara, Nihon shucho Shina kodo seika (Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Japan), vol. 4, Osaka, 1961, no.341.
Minao Hayashi, Shunju Sengoku jidai seidoki no kenkyu (Conspectus of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods), vol. 3, Tokyo, 1989, p.166, no.13.
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