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114. Ritual bronze food vessel dou 115. Ritual bronze food vessel dou
Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period or early Warring States period, Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period or early Warring States period,
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circa 6 – 5 centuries bc. 東周春秋晚期 — 戰國早期鑲嵌紅銅青銅豆 circa 6 – 5 centuries bc. 東周春秋晚期 — 戰國早期高柄幾何獸紋青銅豆
Height: 29.5 cm Height: 28.5 cm
Inscription: Notes: Provenance: Published:
▪ An extremely important inscription of eight characters ▪ Ke Huang’s name appears on several bronze vessels ▪ J.J. Lally & Co., New York, USA. ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
on the stem of the vessel reads: “(The) Chu (State) excavated in Henan province. Collection, London 2009, p. 236 – 237, no. 115.
Senior Official’s grandson Ke Huang’s dou.”《楚叔之 ▪ Ke Huang was probably a member of the Royal family Exhibited: ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
孫克黃之豆》 of the Kingdom of Chu. ▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
▪ Some very beautiful tiger motifs inlaid in copper can Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 172, no. 108.
Published: be seen through the patina on the cover and body of Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue
▪ Krahl R., Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang the vessel. no. 108. Notes:
Collection, Vol. One, London 1994, p. 41 fig. 11. ▪ This vessel is inlaid with a kind of black lacquer which
▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang is a carbonate paste.
Collection, London, 2009, p. 234 – 235, no. 114. ▪ This vessel is a combination of the stem foot of a dou
▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen Ji and the body of a fanghu.
Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 13, p. 381 – 382,
no. 06132. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》上海
2012年版, 第13冊, 第381 – 382頁 06132號.

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