A YELLOW-ENAMELED ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD RITUAL VESSEL AND COVER, DING

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A YELLOW-ENAMELED ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD RITUAL VESSEL AND COVER, DING
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The globular body raised on three mask and paw supports and horizontally ribbed below a band of archaistic motifs interrupted by the pair of curved dragon-form handles, the base with a four-character mark, Tao Zhai fa bao, written in slip, the domed cover decorated en suite below the flared collar-form finial, the interior with a four-character inscription, Zhou Ci gong dun, carved in a line through white slip and covered with a clear glaze as is the interior of the vessel, the exterior covered overall in bright lemon-yellow enamel
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The four-character inscription, Zhou Ci gong dun, may be translated as, 'dun vessel of Duke Ci of Zhou.' A gui vessel of similar shape and decoration to the present vessel is in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 27 - Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments,. Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 39, p. 64. The four-character mark, Tao Zhai fa bao, may be translated as, 'the magical weapon of Tao Zhai'. Tao Zhai is the art-name of Tao Duanfang (1861-1911). For a discussion of Duanfang, see lot 1602.

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