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Lot Essay
The inscription cast on one of the posts reads, Zhong zuo bao (Zhong made this precious [vessel]).
The birds on the present jue, with their long tails and plumed crests, are typical of the types of birds cast on bronze vessels of Middle Western Zhou date, but they appear to be rarely found on jue. A jue cast with related birds, and with similar handle and posts, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, p. 650, fig. 108.3.
The manner in which the posts project from the rim of the present jue is quite unusual, but may be seen on an early Western Zhou jue and cover in the Hokutsuru Museum, Kobe, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 5 - Xi Zhou (1), Beijing, 1996, p. 86, no. 90.
A Technical Examination Report is available upon request.
The birds on the present jue, with their long tails and plumed crests, are typical of the types of birds cast on bronze vessels of Middle Western Zhou date, but they appear to be rarely found on jue. A jue cast with related birds, and with similar handle and posts, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, p. 650, fig. 108.3.
The manner in which the posts project from the rim of the present jue is quite unusual, but may be seen on an early Western Zhou jue and cover in the Hokutsuru Museum, Kobe, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 5 - Xi Zhou (1), Beijing, 1996, p. 86, no. 90.
A Technical Examination Report is available upon request.