A BRONZE WINE VESSEL, ZUN

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A BRONZE WINE VESSEL, ZUN
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (CIRCA 1100-771 BC)

The wide trumpet shaped body cast to the bulbous mid-section with two bands containing stylised dragons and phoenixes, the upper band with a further pair of relief cast animal masks, all flanked by pairs of raised ribs, a two-graph inscription, Fu Yi, cast within the inner ring foot
10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Acquired by the present owner in April 1962.

Compare to three similar zun vessels published by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Harvard University Press, 1990, fig. 87.2, excavated at Xiang Xian, Henan province; fig. 87.4, from the Hakutsuru Bijutsukan, Kobe; and fig. 87.6, from the Winthrop collection, Harvard University Art Museums.

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