Lot Essay
The inscription is translated as: Bo Jia Fu made and presented to his first-born daughter on her wedding this gui, so that her children and grand-children may put it to precious use eternally.
Various Properties
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD COMPRESSED GLOBULAR FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI, cast with two mythical beast-head handles and taotie-mask legs, the body, cover and base with scale-pattern bands and horizontal grooved bands, the interior with a fourteen-character inscription, the bronze with a pale green matt patina,
Details
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD COMPRESSED GLOBULAR FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI, cast with two mythical beast-head handles and taotie-mask legs, the body, cover and base with scale-pattern bands and horizontal grooved bands, the interior with a fourteen-character inscription, the bronze with a pale green matt patina,
Western Zhou Dynasty
35.4cm. wide
Western Zhou Dynasty
35.4cm. wide
Provenance
Horatio Seymour, Rubbens (USA)
Literature
A rubbing of the inscription from this vessel was published in San Dai Ji Jin Wen Cun, Collection of Chinese Bronzes from the Three Dynasties, vol.7, p.36; also published in Zhen Song Tang Ji Gu Yiwen, vol.5, p.24