SONG-QING DYNASTY (AD 960-1911)

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TWO MINIATURE BRONZE VESSELS
SONG-QING DYNASTY (AD 960-1911)
The group comprises a compressed bronze tripod ding and an archaistic bronze jue. Together with a Japanese gilt-bronze archaistic tripod ding decorated on the body with a zoomorphic band and inscribed on the base with the two-character mark of Hata Zoroku (Edo period, 19th century).
The largest, 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, three hongmu stands and fitted cloth boxes

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.

Exhibited

Second and third: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.

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Lot Essay

Hata Zoroku was a master in the lost-wax technique and focused on the replication of Chinese antiquities. He studied metalwork in the studio of Ryubundo in Kyoto, and was renowned for his expertise in Chinese bronzes, and often authenticated archaic Chinese bronzes in Japanese collections. His offspring continued as metal artists and continued to use his name well into the 20th century.

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