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The inscription may be read, "X made this precious sacrificial vessel".
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
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A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Both the bowl and the spreading pedestal foot cast with a band of alternating bosses and stars, the band below the flared rim interrupted by horned animal heads surmounting the C-scroll handles cast at the bottom with large flat bird-claw pendants, with an inscription of five large characters cast in the bottom of the interior, the satiny mottled green patina with areas of malachite green encrustation
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) across handles
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Both the bowl and the spreading pedestal foot cast with a band of alternating bosses and stars, the band below the flared rim interrupted by horned animal heads surmounting the C-scroll handles cast at the bottom with large flat bird-claw pendants, with an inscription of five large characters cast in the bottom of the interior, the satiny mottled green patina with areas of malachite green encrustation
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) across handles
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1966.
Literature
Duan Fang, Tao Zhai jijin lu, 1908, 1.48.
Zou An, Zhou jinwen cun, 1916, 3.113b.
Wu Dacheng, Ke Zhai ji gu lu, 1918, 8.9.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiao jingge jinwen taben, 1935, 7.26.2.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wen cun, 1937, 6.30.1.
Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (Inshu seidoki bunrui zuroku; A Corpus of Chinese Bronzes in American Collections), Tokyo, 1977, A 180, R 291.
Zhou Fagao, et al., Sandai jijin wen cun zhulu biao, Tapei, 1977, no. 1383.
N. Barnard and Cheung Kwong-yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 757.
Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jian mu, Beijing, no. 1913.
Hayashi Minao, Inshu jidai seidoki no kenkyu (Inshu seidoki soran ichi), Tokyo, 1984, vol. 2, pl. 100, gui no. 165.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 404-7, no. 48.
Zou An, Zhou jinwen cun, 1916, 3.113b.
Wu Dacheng, Ke Zhai ji gu lu, 1918, 8.9.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiao jingge jinwen taben, 1935, 7.26.2.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wen cun, 1937, 6.30.1.
Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (Inshu seidoki bunrui zuroku; A Corpus of Chinese Bronzes in American Collections), Tokyo, 1977, A 180, R 291.
Zhou Fagao, et al., Sandai jijin wen cun zhulu biao, Tapei, 1977, no. 1383.
N. Barnard and Cheung Kwong-yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 757.
Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jian mu, Beijing, no. 1913.
Hayashi Minao, Inshu jidai seidoki no kenkyu (Inshu seidoki soran ichi), Tokyo, 1984, vol. 2, pl. 100, gui no. 165.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 404-7, no. 48.
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