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76. Ritual bronze food vessel fangding
Shang dynasty, Yinxu period, circa 13 – 11 centuries bc.
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商代殷墟時期獸面紋青銅方鼎
Height: 27.6 cm

Inscription: Exhibited: Published: ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
▪ A bordered pictograph cast inside the vessel below the ▪ Early Chinese art from tombs and temples, Eskenazi ▪ Eskenazi Ltd, Early Chinese art from tombs and Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
rim reads: “Ya Qi”《亞其》, an official title. Ltd, London, 8 June – 9 July 1993, catalogue no. 1. temples, London, 8 June – 9 July 1993, no. 1, Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 100 – 101, no. 59.
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▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La p. 32 – 33.
Provenance: Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
▪ Private Collection, Japan. Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 59. Collection, London 2009, p. 166 – 167, no. 76.
▪ Kochukyo, Tokyo, Japan. ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
▪ Eskenazi Ltd, London, U.K. Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 1, p. 461,
no. 00586. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》 上
海2012年版, 第1冊, 第461頁 00586號.

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