AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, ZUN

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, ZUN
Western Zhou Dynasty
Of compressed pear shape and raised on a spreading pedestal foot with straight rim, the upper body cast in relief with two small animal masks flanked by pairs of long-tailed birds, all reserved on a band of leiwen above a bowstring band, the smooth blackish patina with some pale green mottling and some pale green encrustation on the interior, with an inscription on the base of the interior
6in. (16.5cm.) high

来源

Barbara J. and Helen S. Meyers

拍品专文

Compare the very similar vessel illustrated by Bernhard Karlgren, "Some Characteristics of the Yin Art", B.M.F.E.A., No. 34, Stockholm, 1962, pl. 6(b) and another, but with the addition of a bowstring band encircling the foot, also illustrated by Karlgren, B.M.F.E.A., No. 32, Stockholm, 1960, pl. 42(a). Compare, also, the similar vessel, included in the Special Exhibition of Shang and Chou Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1989, Catalogue, p. 141, pl. 40. A similar zun from the Hardy Collection was sold in these rooms, September 21, 1995, lot 131

An analysis by Conservation and Technical Services Ltd., University of London, is consistent with the dating of this lot