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30. Ritual bronze wine vessel you
Early Western Zhou dynasty, circa 11 century bc.
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西周早期獸面紋青銅卣
Height of the vessel: 23 cm, Height including the handle: 26 cm

Inscription: ▪ Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of Art, J.J. ▪ Shirakawa Shizuka, Kimbun Tsushaku, Kyoto 1962, ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
▪ A five – character inscription on the handle reads: Lally & Co., New York, 1 – 25 June 1994, catalogue Vol. 21, no. 50.6. 白川靜《金文通釋》京都 1962, 第21 Collection, London 2009, p. 72 – 73, no. 30.
“The Palace Keeper made (this vessel for) Father Xin”. no. 49. 冊 50.6號. ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
《守宮作父辛》 ▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La ▪ Barnard N. & Cheung K.Y., Rubbings and Hand Copies Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 22, p. 7,
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, no. 12133. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》上海
Provenance: Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 37. American, and Australian Collections, Taipei 1978, 2012年版, 第22冊, 第7頁 12133號.
▪ Sir Herbert Ingram Collection. Vol. 7, no. 1386 (drawing of the inscription) . ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
▪ Property of a Lady. Published: ▪ Sotheby’s, London 14 December 1982, lot no. 6. Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
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▪ Sotheby’s, London 14 December 1982. ▪ Luo Zhenyu, Zhen Song Tang Ji Guyiwen, 1931, ▪ Lally J.J., Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p.62, no. 37.
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▪ Richard J. & Jean M. Salisbury Collection. no. 8.18. 羅振玉《貞松堂集古遺文》1931年版 8.18號. of Art, New York, 1 – 25 June 1994, no. 49.
▪ J.J. Lally & Co., New York, USA. ▪ Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiao Jingge Jinwen Taben, 1935, ▪ Liu Yu, Jin Chu Yin Zhou Jinwen Jilu, 2002, no. 591 劉 Note:
no. 4.35.6. 劉體智《小校經閣金文拓本》 1935年版 雨《近出殷周金文集錄》2002年版 591號. ▪ The same inscription appears on a few other bronze
Exhibited: 4.35.6號. ▪ Liu Yu & Wang Tao, Liu San Oumei Yin Zhou You vessels, including a gong in the Fitzwilliam Museum,
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▪ Sotheby’s, London 14 December 1982, catalogue ▪ Luo Zhenyu, Sandai Jijinwen Cun, 1937, no. 13.11.3. 羅 Ming Qingtongci Jilu (A selection of Early Chinese Cambridge, U.K.
no. 6. 振玉《三代吉金文存》1937年版 13.11.3 號. bronzes with inscriptions from Sotheby’s & Christie’s
sales), Shanghai 2007, no. 138. 劉雨 & 汪濤《流散歐美
殷周有銘青銅器集錄》上海 2007年版 138 號.

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