ID 1016935
Lot 905 | A VERY RARE SMALL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941) collection, New York.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 14-15 November 1961, lot 247.
J. T. Tai & Co., New York, 1965.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections, New York.
Acquired from the above in 2000.
Literature
Umehara Sueji, O-Bei shucho Shina kodo seika (Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe and America), Osaka, 1933, 2:96a.
Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-6, London, 1935, no. 188.
Rong Geng, Shang Zhou yiqi tongkao (The Bronzes of Shang and Zhou), 1941, vol. 2, no. 170.
Chen Mengjia, Mei diguo zhuyi jielue de woguo Yin Zhou tongqi jilu (A Collection of Yin and Zhou Bronze Artifacts in America), Beiijing, 1962, A125.
Minao Hayashi, In Shu jidai seidoki no kenkyu (A Study of Shang and Zhou Bronzes), Tokyo, 1984, vol. 2, pl. 64, li no. 34.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes In The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Washington, D. C., 1990, pp. 320-21, no. 27.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Art, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36.
On loan: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (L3254.6).
On loan and exhibited: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1941-1955.
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze |
Historical era: | 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 |
Historical era: | Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC) |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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