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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body is raised on three blade-shaped supports and is flat-cast on the sides with two taotie masks with globular eyes, one centered by a narrow flange, the other by an inscription, Zu Ding (Ancestor Ding) beneath the C-scroll handle surmounted by a bovine mask. The D-shaped posts that rise from the rim have conical caps cast with whorl motifs. The patina is of greyish olive-green color.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body is raised on three blade-shaped supports and is flat-cast on the sides with two taotie masks with globular eyes, one centered by a narrow flange, the other by an inscription, Zu Ding (Ancestor Ding) beneath the C-scroll handle surmounted by a bovine mask. The D-shaped posts that rise from the rim have conical caps cast with whorl motifs. The patina is of greyish olive-green color.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
Arthur M. Sackler (1917-1987) Collections, by 1966.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen xubian (Supplement to the Gathering of Ancient Writings at the Zhensongtang Studio), 1934, vol. 2, p. 2 (inscription only).
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 6, p. 31 (inscription only).
Noel Barnard & Cheung Kwong-Yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American, And Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 946 (inscription only).
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 3411 (inscription only).
Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 1984, no. 7853 (inscription only).
R. W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1987, pp. 202-3, no. 22.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 15, p. 44, no. 7130.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 6, p. 31 (inscription only).
Noel Barnard & Cheung Kwong-Yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American, And Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 946 (inscription only).
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 3411 (inscription only).
Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 1984, no. 7853 (inscription only).
R. W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1987, pp. 202-3, no. 22.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 15, p. 44, no. 7130.
Exhibited
On loan: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966, no. 66.2.155.