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Lot Essay
Compare with the mid Western Zhou Dou found in the Zhuangbai bronze pit, Shaanxi province. illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington DC, 1990, vol. IIA, p. 106, which features similar openwork on the foot.
Another late Western Zhou example in Qishan County Museum, China is illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji (Collected Works of the Fine Arts of China), Beijing, 1985, vol. 4, pp. 79 and 211.
See an openwork based dou from Hubei Jingshan Songhequ, illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1995, p.181. According to So, this type of dou with shallow, straight vertical-sided bowl and broad openwork stem may have developed alongside wood-core lacquer dou, around the 10th or 9th century BC. See a similar dou with banded openwork base in the Hubei Museum collection, illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan, qingtong juan,Hong Kong, 1994 , p. 186, no. 661.
Another late Western Zhou example in Qishan County Museum, China is illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji (Collected Works of the Fine Arts of China), Beijing, 1985, vol. 4, pp. 79 and 211.
See an openwork based dou from Hubei Jingshan Songhequ, illustrated in J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1995, p.181. According to So, this type of dou with shallow, straight vertical-sided bowl and broad openwork stem may have developed alongside wood-core lacquer dou, around the 10th or 9th century BC. See a similar dou with banded openwork base in the Hubei Museum collection, illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan, qingtong juan,Hong Kong, 1994 , p. 186, no. 661.