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17. Ritual bronze wine vessel zhi with cover
Late Shang dynasty or early Western Zhou dynasty, circa 11 century bc.
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商代晚期 — 西周早期帶蓋獸面紋青銅觶
Height: 15.5 cm

Inscription: Exhibited: Published: ▪ Eskenazi G., A Dealer’s Hand, The Chinese Art World
▪ An identical bird – shaped pictograph, probably a clan ▪ Important Chinese Works of Art from the Arthur M. ▪ Barnard N. and Cheung K.Y., Rubbings and Hand Through The Eyes Of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London
name, is cast both inside the vessel and its cover. Sackler Collections, Christie’s, New York, December Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, 2012, p. 186, no. 28.
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1 , 1994, catalogue no. 131. European, American and Australian Collections, ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
Provenance: ▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Taipei 1978, no.1669. Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 19, p. 30,
▪ A.M. Sackler Collection, USA. Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques ▪ Rawson J., Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the no. 10081. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》上海
▪ Christie’s New York, Important Chinese Works of Art Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 29. Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C. and 2012年版, 第19冊,第30頁10081號.
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from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, December 1 , Cambridge 1990, no. 97. ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
1994, lot no. 131. ▪ Christie’s, Important Chinese Works of Art from the Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
▪ Frank Arts Collection, Antwerp, Belgium. Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, December Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 52, no. 29.
▪ Galerie Christian Deydier, Paris, France. 1 , 1994, lot no. 131.
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▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
Collection, London 2009, p. 44 – 45, no. 17.

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