Lot Essay
The inscription beneath the handle may be read as a dedication to Ge Fu Xin. Ge is a clan sign.
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
The deep body crisply flat cast with a band comprising two taotie masks formed by crouching dragons with quills, one mask divided by an inscription cast beneath the handle surmounted by a bovine mask, the pair of posts rising from the rim with rounded caps
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
The deep body crisply flat cast with a band comprising two taotie masks formed by crouching dragons with quills, one mask divided by an inscription cast beneath the handle surmounted by a bovine mask, the pair of posts rising from the rim with rounded caps
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1977.
Literature
R. Poor, Bronze Ritual Vessels of Ancient China, New York, 1968.
N. Barnard and Cheung Kwong-yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1561 (S111).
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 636-7, no. 104.
N. Barnard and Cheung Kwong-yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1561 (S111).
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 636-7, no. 104.
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