A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI
A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI
A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI
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LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY-EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC

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A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY-EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) across the handles, Japanese wood box inscribed by Hata Zoroku the 4th (1898-1984) and dated to 1939
Provenance
In Japan prior to 1939.
Literature
The inscription on the interior of the cover:
Wu Rongguan, Junqing guan jinwen (Bronze Inscriptions in the Hall of Junqing), 1842, vol. 3, no. 22.
Wu Shifen, Meigu lu jinwen (The Record of Pursuing Antiquity: Archaic Bronze Inscriptions), published posthumously in 1895, vol. 2.2, no. 69.
Liu Xinyuan, Qigu Shi jijin wenshu (Studies of Bronze Inscriptions in the Studio of Rare Gu), 1902, vol. 16, no. 34.
Zhu Shanqi, Jinwu xin shi yiqi kuanzhi (Ritual Bronze Inscriptions Compiled at the Jingwuxinshi Studio), 1908, vol. 2, no. 13.
Zou An, Zhou jin wencun (Surviving Bronze Inscriptions from the Zhou Dynasty), 1916, vol. 3, p. 72.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 8 no. 5.1
Guo Morun, Liangzhou jinwenci daxi tulu kaoshi (Catalogue and Exegesis of the Comprehensive Bronze Inscription from the Zhou Dynasties), 1935, no. 226.
Luo Zhengyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writing from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Beijing, 1937, vol. 8. no. 3.1
Zeng Yigong, Shandong jinwen jicun (Bronze Inscriptions from Shandong), 1940, vol. 3
Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 2534.
Ma Chenyuan, Shang Zhou qingtong qi mingwen xuan (Collection of Shang and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1986, no. 485.
Shanghai Provincial Museum, Bronze Inscriptions from Shandong, 2007, p. 335.

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The interior of the cover is cast with a lengthy inscription that may be translated as, "Lu Dazai Yuanfu created this ritual vessel, Ji Ji Ya Sheng gui. May it last for ten thousand years, and may it be used for everlasting blessings and longevity."

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