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12. Ritual bronze wine vessel jiao with cover
Early Western Zhou dynasty, circa 11 – 10 centuries bc.
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西周早期帶蓋獸面紋青銅角
Height: 27 cm

Inscription: Published:
▪ A single bird – shaped pictogram cast under the handle ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
reads: “niao”, 《鳥》, (bird, here a clan name). Collection, London 2009, p. 36 – 37, no. 12.
▪ An identical six – character inscription inside the ▪ Eskenazi G., A Dealer’s Hand, The Chinese Art World
vessel’s cover and body reads: “X made (this) Father Yi Through The Eyes Of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London
ancestral temple precious vessel.” (…vessel for use in 2012, p. 182, no. 19.
the ancestral temple) 《X作父乙宗尊彝》 ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
Provenance: Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 49, no. 26.
▪ Eskenazi Ltd, London, U.K.
Note:
Exhibited: ▪ A jiao, cast with an identical design and inscription,
▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La now in the Shanghai Museum, is probably the other
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques part of the original pair to which the present jiao
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 26. belonged.

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