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拍品專文
The inscription consists of the five characters 'X zuo bao zun yi ' which can be read as : 'X made this precious sacrificial vessel.' X may be read as a name or a clan sign.
An Early Western Zhou gui in the Sackler Collections bears an identical inscription, illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, pp. 404-405.
Compare an almost identical zun in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, published in Wenwu 1995.6; and the similar Shang dynasty Fuxin zun in the National Palace Collection, Taiwan, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the National Palace Museum (Supplement), Taipei, 1973, no. 23; p.103.
A zun of similar form, also with taotie set between concentric bands in the Arthur Sackler collection, is illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C, vol. IIB, pp. 554-555.
See also a similar flared zun in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated in The Freer Chinese Bronzes, vol. I Catalogue, Washington 1967, pp.78-82.
An Early Western Zhou gui in the Sackler Collections bears an identical inscription, illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, pp. 404-405.
Compare an almost identical zun in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, published in Wenwu 1995.6; and the similar Shang dynasty Fuxin zun in the National Palace Collection, Taiwan, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the National Palace Museum (Supplement), Taipei, 1973, no. 23; p.103.
A zun of similar form, also with taotie set between concentric bands in the Arthur Sackler collection, is illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C, vol. IIB, pp. 554-555.
See also a similar flared zun in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated in The Freer Chinese Bronzes, vol. I Catalogue, Washington 1967, pp.78-82.