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A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
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A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI

LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The neck of the pear-shaped vessel is encircled by a band of diamond pattern formed by angular leiwen spirals between narrow borders of D-shaped scales or feathers repeated on the tall foot. The interior of the foot is cast with a graph in the form of a fish. The patina is dark grey with areas of malachite encrustation.
5 1⁄4 in. (13.4 cm.) high, brocade box
Provenance
Gump’s, San Francisco, 1940.
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1506.
Literature
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng xu bian, Shanghai, 2016, vol. 2, p. 500, no. 0711.
Special notice
Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer's premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff, but the shipment may be delayed while awaiting approval to export from the local government. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer's premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer's Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.

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Lot Essay


Similar bands of diamond pattern or angular leiwen spirals bordered by circles rather than scales can be seen on two bronze you illustrated by R.W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington DC, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987, p. 384, nos. 67 (of cylindrical form) and 68 (of pear shape), which are dated 11th century BC. Several other vessels with a similar band are also illustrated, pp. 392-3, figs. 68.5 - 68.7.

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