Lot 1108
1108
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU

SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC

Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
The interior is cast with a the character nian, probably a clan sign.
10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 24 June 1958, lot 89.
Private noble collection, Portugal.
Une collection européenne; Daguerre, Hôtel Drouot, 29 March 2013, lot 95.
Literature
Liu Yu and Lu Yan, Jinchu Yinzhou jinwen jilu (Compendium of Bronze Inscriptions Recently Discovered), Beijing, 2002, p. 160, no. 694.
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 205.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 17, p. 350, no. 8999.
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

A gu of similar size and proportions unearthed in 1976 in Anyang, Henan province, and now in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Beijing, is illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 2 – Shang, Beijing, 1997, pp. 109 and 51, no. 105. The gu from Anyang has decoration similar to that of the current gu, but the four descending kui dragons on the spreading foot of the gu from Anyang have pierced outlines.

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