Lot 399
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A Chinese yellow-glazed archaistic food vessel, fu, 19th century
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A Chinese yellow-glazed archaistic food vessel, fu, 19th century

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A Chinese yellow-glazed archaistic food vessel, fu, 19th century
the rectangular vessel with tapering sides moulded with archaistic motifs and a key-fret border, flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing fron animal heads, supported on a high splayed foot, the cover similarly moulded, crowned with an undulating flange at the top, with a pair of loop handles -- 11 7/8in. (30.1cm.) wide.
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Lot Essay

This lot is a Qing dynasty ceramic made in imitation of its bronze prototype that first appeared in the late Western Zhou dynasty (C. 1100-771 BC). Known as a fu, this type of vessel was used for storage of food. Compare with an inscribed bronze fu of the Zhou period, illustrated by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sacker Collections, vol.IIA, 1990, p.107, fig.15b.

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