Lot Essay
The five-character inscription may be translated 'Father Gui made this vessel for grandfather Ding'.
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EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
Raised on a tall foot and with steep sides rising to a flared rim, cast around the body with a series of vertical ribs divided by a pair of handles issuing from bovine masks, between borders of alternating raised whorls and stylized taotie reserved on a leiwen ground, the upper band divided by a pair of taotie masks in high relief, the base of the interior cast with a five-character inscription, with some milky green and ferrous encrustation
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) across handles
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY BC
Raised on a tall foot and with steep sides rising to a flared rim, cast around the body with a series of vertical ribs divided by a pair of handles issuing from bovine masks, between borders of alternating raised whorls and stylized taotie reserved on a leiwen ground, the upper band divided by a pair of taotie masks in high relief, the base of the interior cast with a five-character inscription, with some milky green and ferrous encrustation
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) across handles
Provenance
Arthur B. Michael Collection.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York. Accession number 1942.16.382.
Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 2007, lot 513.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York. Accession number 1942.16.382.
Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 2007, lot 513.
Literature
S. Nash et. al., Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Painting and Sculpture from Antiquity to 1942, Buffalo, 1979, p. 102.
Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu, Tokyo, 1977 reprint, no. A168, pl. 456.
Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu, Tokyo, 1977 reprint, no. A168, pl. 456.
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