Lot Essay
Compare vessels of similar shape, with different combinations of decoration, ililustrated by J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, nos.67 and 68, pp.336-343.
ZHOU DYNASTY
Details
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD LIBATION VESSEL, YI
zhou dynasty
The wide bowl with everted rim tapering to a broad spout, cast with an L-shaped projection below the spout and to the rim with a bottle-horned-dragon handle, its body cast in low relief with angular scrollwork and concentric U-shaped scales, two similar bands below the rim, a long inscription with pictograms at the interior, the surface with olive-brown patination, some malachite encrustation, minor bruises and one hole infilled
14 in. (37 cm.) long
zhou dynasty
The wide bowl with everted rim tapering to a broad spout, cast with an L-shaped projection below the spout and to the rim with a bottle-horned-dragon handle, its body cast in low relief with angular scrollwork and concentric U-shaped scales, two similar bands below the rim, a long inscription with pictograms at the interior, the surface with olive-brown patination, some malachite encrustation, minor bruises and one hole infilled
14 in. (37 cm.) long
Provenance
T. Hayashi, Tokyo and Paris
Durand-Ruel, Paris, no.852
M. Raymond Koechlin, Paris
Durand-Ruel, Paris, no.852
M. Raymond Koechlin, Paris
Literature
Objets d'Art du Japon et de la Chine, Galeries de MM. Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1902, Catalogue, no.852.
Objets d'Art du Japon et de la Chine, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1926, Catalogue, pl.VIII, no.205.
Objets d'Art du Japon et de la Chine, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1926, Catalogue, pl.VIII, no.205.