Lot 1104
1104
A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA
A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA
A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA
A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA
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A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA

SHANG DYNASTY, EARLY ANYANG PERIOD, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC

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A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA
SHANG DYNASTY, EARLY ANYANG PERIOD, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
The interior is cast with a clan sign.
14 1/2 in. (36.9 cm) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Private collection, Kansai, acquired before 1960.
Private collection, Japan, 2005.
Christie's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 487.
Special notice
Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer's premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff, but the shipment may be delayed while awaiting approval to export from the local government. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer's premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer's Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.

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Lot Essay

A jia of larger size (45 cm. high) with similar profile and bands of decoration around the sides dated 13th-12th century BC is illustrated by R.W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, DC and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987, pp. 164-5, no. 7. The author notes that jia decorated in two registers appeared shortly before the Anyang period (c. 1300-1030 BC).

Another similar jia (35.2 cm. high) is illustrated in Shang Ritual Bronzes in the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 1998, pp. 152-7, no. 9. Also, illustrated, p. 156, are two further jia, both excavated in 1968 in Henan province, Anyang prefecture, Xiao chuan, the first from Tomb M388, the second from Tomb 331.

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