Lot Essay
The inscription, a single graph, is found on a large number of bronze vessels.
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, YOU
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Of pear shape and lenticular section, raised on a spreading pedestal foot encircled by two bow-string bands, the shoulder cast with a band of paired dragons with long horizontal quills confronted on a small taotie mask cast in relief on each side, the domed cover with deep collar cast with a similar dragon band below the segmented knop, with a ridged bail handle terminating at rings that attach to loops on the vessel and are obscured by horned ungulate masks, the interior of the vessel and cover cast with a single graph, with a smooth mottled grey and milky green patina, some malachite encrustation on the interior
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Of pear shape and lenticular section, raised on a spreading pedestal foot encircled by two bow-string bands, the shoulder cast with a band of paired dragons with long horizontal quills confronted on a small taotie mask cast in relief on each side, the domed cover with deep collar cast with a similar dragon band below the segmented knop, with a ridged bail handle terminating at rings that attach to loops on the vessel and are obscured by horned ungulate masks, the interior of the vessel and cover cast with a single graph, with a smooth mottled grey and milky green patina, some malachite encrustation on the interior
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high
Provenance
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1965.
Literature
Luo Zhenyu, Yin wen cun, 1917, 1.28.3.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wen cun, 1937, 12.39.6.
Zhou Fagao, et al., Sandai jijin wen cun zhulu biao, Taipei, 1977, no. 2564.
Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jian mu, Beijing, 1981, no. 4573.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 495-9, no. 68.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wen cun, 1937, 12.39.6.
Zhou Fagao, et al., Sandai jijin wen cun zhulu biao, Taipei, 1977, no. 2564.
Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jian mu, Beijing, 1981, no. 4573.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 495-9, no. 68.
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