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A VERY RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE

Lot 853
21.09.2023 14:15UTC -05:00
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Lot 853 | A VERY RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
A VERY RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC

The body is cast with a wide band comprising two taotie masks on a leiwen ground below a band of small triangular blades. A two-character inscription, zi bu, is cast beneath the handle, which is surmounted by a bovine mask.

10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high, jade-inset hardwood stand with a circular seal reading Huaimi Shanfang, Japanese double wood box





Provenance

Cao Zaikui (Qiufang, 1782-1852) Collection.

Pan Jiyu (Zengwei, 1818-1886) Collection.

Masuda Takashi (1848-1938) Collection.

Mitsui Sumitomo Family, The Beiquan Ge Collection.

Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.



Literature

Cao Zaikui, Huaimi Shanfang Jijin tu (The Records of Auspicious Bronzes in the Huaimi Shanfang Studio), 1839, vol. 1, p. 16.

Wu Shifen, Jungulu jinwen (Collection of Ancient Bronze Inscriptions), 1895, vol. 1, p. 34.

Wu Dacheng, Kezhai jigulu (Bronze Inscriptions at the Kezhai Studio), 1918, vol. 21, p. 13, no. 1.

Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojingge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 6, p. 29, no. 5.

Wang Chen, Xu Yinwencun (Continuation of the Surviving Writings from the Yin Dynasty), 1935, vol. 2, p. 15, no. 12.

Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties), 1937, vol. 15, p. 31.

Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, p. 2102, no. 3562.

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, 1993, vol. 13, p. 233, no. 8110.

Yan Zhibin, Shilun Shangdai qingtongqi mingwen zhong suo fanying de gongtong zuoqi xianxiang (A Study on the Phenomenon of Cooperative Work Reflected in the Inscriptions of Shang Dynasty Bronze Artifacts), Message of the Research Center for Ancient Civilizations of CASS, vol. 14, 2007, pp. 23-33 (not illustrated).

Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (A Collection of Inscriptions and Images of Shang and Zhou Archaic Bronzes), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 15, p. 206, no. 7366.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Ancient Art
Historical era:Shang dynasty
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
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