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Property from a Japanese Private Collection
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
Details
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The interior is cast with a pictograph, above another character possibly reading yi or fu.
11 ½ in. (30 cm) high, Japanese wood box
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The interior is cast with a pictograph, above another character possibly reading yi or fu.
11 ½ in. (30 cm) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 July 1978, lot 10
A Kansai private collection, acquired prior to 1990
A Kansai private collection, acquired prior to 1990
Literature
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Sales, Shanghai, 2007, no. 8