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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped upper section is undecorated, the rounded middle section is cast in intaglio with two taotie masks between borders of circles, repeated above the two masks composed of scrolls and leiwen flat-cast on the spreading foot, which is cast on the interior with a dedication to fu ding preceded by a single graph of a human figure in profile, possibly di. The mottled patina is of olive-green color.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped upper section is undecorated, the rounded middle section is cast in intaglio with two taotie masks between borders of circles, repeated above the two masks composed of scrolls and leiwen flat-cast on the spreading foot, which is cast on the interior with a dedication to fu ding preceded by a single graph of a human figure in profile, possibly di. The mottled patina is of olive-green color.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
R. Poor, Bronze Ritual Vessels of Ancient China, (slide lecture), Intercultural Arts Press, New York, 1968.
Barnard and Cheung, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1274 (inscription only).
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 6145 (inscription only).
Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 1984, no. 7108 (inscription only).
R. W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1987, pp. 260-1, no. 41.
Barnard and Cheung, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1274 (inscription only).
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 6145 (inscription only).
Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 1984, no. 7108 (inscription only).
R. W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1987, pp. 260-1, no. 41.