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Shang dynasty, Erligang period, circa 16 – 14 centuries bc. Shang dynasty, Yinxu period, circa 13 – 11 centuries bc.
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商代二里岡時期獸面紋青銅爵 商代殷墟時期獸面紋青銅爵
Height: 17.5 cm, Length: 15.7 cm Height: 17.4 cm
Provenance: Inscription:
▪ Christian Deydier / Oriental Bronzes Ltd., London, ▪ An inscription under the handle, consisting of a clan
U.K. mark and two characters, reads: “ X Father Yi”《X父
乙》
Exhibited:
▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Published:
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang,
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 9. London 2009, p. 22 – 23, no. 5.
Published:
▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
Collection, London 2009, p. 20 – 21, no. 4.
▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 28, no. 9.

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