A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI

Lot 715
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
$ 20 000
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Lot 715 | A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
Valeur estimée
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI

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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Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer’s premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address, the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie’s to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer’s premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer’s Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.
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