Lot 2852
2852
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The base on the interior has a four-character inscription, reading X X fu yi (X X Father Yi).
10 3⁄8 in. (26.3 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, prior to 1986
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 15 March 2017, lot 596
Literature
Minao Hayashi, Inshu Jidai Seidoki Monyo no Kenkyu (Studies on Yin and Zhou Bronze Decoration: A Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronze Vessels), vol. II, Tokyo, 1986, pl. 2-467

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Lot Essay

The wood box for this lot is inscribed on the back of the cover with a note dated to 1964 by Yuzo Sugimura (1900-1978) (fig. 1), a renowned Chinese art scholar and a former Managing Director of Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo.

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