Lot Essay
The pictograph includes the character Mu on the left.
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, YU
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep sides cast with a band of 'boss and diamond' pattern below a narrow band of six pairs of dragons shown in profile separated by three taotie masks cast in high relief, raised on a pedestal foot pierced with three oblong apertures above a band of further pairs of dragons separated by simplified masks centered by a narrow flange, with an inscription cast in the base, the mottled patina with malachite and ferrous encrustation
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep sides cast with a band of 'boss and diamond' pattern below a narrow band of six pairs of dragons shown in profile separated by three taotie masks cast in high relief, raised on a pedestal foot pierced with three oblong apertures above a band of further pairs of dragons separated by simplified masks centered by a narrow flange, with an inscription cast in the base, the mottled patina with malachite and ferrous encrustation
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Probably Yamanaka & Co., prior to World War II.
Collection of Mr. Tokio Ota, Kyoto, prior to 1960.
Collection of Mr. Tokio Ota, Kyoto, prior to 1960.
Literature
Sueji Umehara, Nihon Shucho Shina Kodo Sei-kwa, vol. II, Yamanaka Shokai, Tokyo, 1959-1964, pl. LXLIII.
Minao Hayashi, Inshu Jidai Seidoki no kenkyu, Japan, 1984, p. 141, no. 40.
Minao Hayashi, Inshu Jidai Seidoki no kenkyu, Japan, 1984, p. 141, no. 40.
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