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EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
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A RARE ARCHAIC INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The compressed globular body is flanked by a pair of C-shaped handles issuing from rams' heads, and is decorated below the everted rim with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground which is centred on each side with an animal-mask cast in relief. The splayed foot is cast with a further band of taotie masks. The interior is cast with an inscription, X X Zuo Fu Ding Bao Gui, 'X X made this treasured Gui for Fu Ding'.
11 in. (28 cm.) across handles
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The compressed globular body is flanked by a pair of C-shaped handles issuing from rams' heads, and is decorated below the everted rim with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground which is centred on each side with an animal-mask cast in relief. The splayed foot is cast with a further band of taotie masks. The interior is cast with an inscription, X X Zuo Fu Ding Bao Gui, 'X X made this treasured Gui for Fu Ding'.
11 in. (28 cm.) across handles
Provenance
The collection of Rong Hou (1874-1940)
A Japanese collection, circa 1940s
A Japanese collection, circa 1940s
Literature
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai Jijin Wencu, 1937, 6.40.8
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi Jinshi Zhigao, 1945, p. 1538.2
Umehara Sueji, Kankaro kikkinzu, 1947, 1.21
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zhongji, 1983, 3.2286
Institute of Archaeology CASS, Yinzhou Jinwen Jicheng, 1984, 6.03650
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi Jinshi Zhigao, 1945, p. 1538.2
Umehara Sueji, Kankaro kikkinzu, 1947, 1.21
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zhongji, 1983, 3.2286
Institute of Archaeology CASS, Yinzhou Jinwen Jicheng, 1984, 6.03650
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