拍品专文
The three-character inscription cast on the underside of the cover and the inside of the vessel, can be translated as Ju Fu Ding, or ‘Father Ding of the Ju clan’, which is frequently found on inscriptions on bronze vessels of the late Shang dynasty and early Zhou dynasties, with a gradual evolution of style.
Compare to a bronze wine vessel, he, cast with the same inscription, in a slightly different style, illustrated by Christian Deydier, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1 Annexe, Hong Kong, 2013, pp. 56-57, no. 31.
Other archaic bronze you adorned with closely related triple bands are known, including one from the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (object no. B60B82), with a handle terminating in rhinoceros heads; and another with a five-character inscription, also with a handle ending with two animal heads illustrated in by Christian Deydier, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1 Annexe, Hong Kong, 2013, pp. 54-55, no. 30.
Compare to a bronze wine vessel, he, cast with the same inscription, in a slightly different style, illustrated by Christian Deydier, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1 Annexe, Hong Kong, 2013, pp. 56-57, no. 31.
Other archaic bronze you adorned with closely related triple bands are known, including one from the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (object no. B60B82), with a handle terminating in rhinoceros heads; and another with a five-character inscription, also with a handle ending with two animal heads illustrated in by Christian Deydier, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1 Annexe, Hong Kong, 2013, pp. 54-55, no. 30.