Lot Essay
The single character or graph is recorded by Zhou Fagao et al., Jinwen gu lin, 16 vols., Hong Kong, 1974-5, fulu, p. 613 (2256).
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE TRIPOD STEAMER, XIAN
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep bowl cast in intaglio with a taotie band filled with black inlay below a pair of upright rope-twist handles, each mask centered between the three bovine masks hollow cast at the top of each leg, the bottom of the interior fitted with a hinged, rounded triangular grate pierced with five cross motifs, with a single character cast below the rim on the interior
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep bowl cast in intaglio with a taotie band filled with black inlay below a pair of upright rope-twist handles, each mask centered between the three bovine masks hollow cast at the top of each leg, the bottom of the interior fitted with a hinged, rounded triangular grate pierced with five cross motifs, with a single character cast below the rim on the interior
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Frank A. McMillan "Thornewood Castle"; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 29 May 1973, lot 2.
Literature
Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (In Shu seidoki bunrui zuroku; A Corpus of Chinese Bronzes in American Collections), 2 vols., Tokyo, 1977, A132, R235.
Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jian mu, Beijing, 1981, no. 1410.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 334-9, no. 31.
Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jian mu, Beijing, 1981, no. 1410.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 334-9, no. 31.
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