Lot 1110
1110
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, ZHI
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, ZHI
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, ZHI
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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, ZHI

EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNATY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC

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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, ZHI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNATY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The interior of the vessel and the cover are cast with a three-character inscription reading fu yi si (Father Yi. Si).
6 3/4 in. (17.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 17 November 1970, lot 26.
Private noble collection, Portugal.
Une collection européenne; Daguerre, Hôtel Drouot, 29 March 2013, lot 96.
Literature
Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen xubian (Continuation of the Gathering of Ancient Writings at the Zhensongtang Studio), 1934, vol. 2, p. 34, no. 2-3.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 5, p. 78, no. 1-2.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties), 1937, vol. 14, p. 42, no. 1-2.
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, p. 3511, no. 6440.
Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1992, vol. 11, p. 266, no. 6247.
Liu Yu and Lu Yan, Jinchu Yinzhou jinwen jilu (Compendium of Bronze Inscriptions Recently Discovered), Beijing, 2002, vol. 3, p. 121, no. 658.
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshi zhigao (A Record of Bronze and Stone Inscriptions in Chinese History), Qingdao, 2004, vol. 6, p. 1090, no. 108.
Liu Yu and Wang Tao, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronze with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, Shanghai, 2007, no. 182.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi minwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties) , Shanghai, 2012, vol. 19, p. 286, no. 10423.
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 zhi and cover with loop handle of similar proportions and size, but decorated with narrow bands of confronted birds, unearthed in Chang’an City, Shaanxi province, and now in the Shaanxi History Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 5 - Xi Zhou (1), Beijing, 1996, pp. 118 and 38, no. 123. A zhi and cover with loop handle of slightly larger size, but with decoration of slender bow-string bands, unearthed together with a ladle in 2011 in Suizhou city, Hebei province, and now in the Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Institute of Hubei Province, is illustrated by Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Complete Collection of Inscriptions and Images of the Shang and Zhou Bronzes), vol. 19, Shanghai, 2012, p. 401, no. 10574. This zhi from Suizhou city is of oval section, whereas the current vessel and the example from Chang’an city are of rounded-rectangular section. Also illustrated, ibid., p. 413, no. 10589, is a zhi and cover with loop handle also of rounded-rectangular section like the current zhi, but decorated with narrow bands of stylized dragons.

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