Lot 154
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An Archaistic Bronze Ritual Vessel, Zun
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
An Archaistic Bronze Ritual Vessel, Zun

LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

Details
An Archaistic Bronze Ritual Vessel, Zun
Late Shang/Early Western Zhou dynasty
The rounded central section cast in relief with two taotie masks centered on and separated by plain flanges, the spreading pedestal foot cast with two pairs of birds confronted on and separated by concave flanges, the interior of the foot cast with a two-character pictogram, with golden patina and blue-green encrustation, restored
105/8in. (27cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Anthony Derham.

Lot Essay

Compare the similar zun illustrated by J.K. Murray, A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions, 1970-1980, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 6, which is dated to the Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, based on a similar vessel excavated at Cangshan, Xi'an, Shandong province and illustrated in Wenwu, 1965:7, p. 30, fig. 13.

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