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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, LI
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD
(770-476 BC)
Supported on three conical feet, the vessel is heavily cast with
rounded shoulders adorned with a band of stylised dragons.
The rim bears an eight-character inscription reading ‘mother of
Ni Bo [illegible character] commissioned this sacrificial li’.
6Ω in.(16.5 cm) high, box
HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Collection of Umberto Draghi, Belgium
Purchased from Gisèle Cröes, 23 April 1985
Sold at Christie’s Paris, 13 December 2017, lot 138

L I T E R AT U R E :
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng
san bian, Shanghai, 2020, vol. 1, pp. 342-342, no. 0307

Several related examples of this type have been published. See Shang Chou
Dynasty Bronze V, Li Vessels, vol. 5, Taipei, 1990, for three excavated li with
similar stylised scroll beneath an everted rim. The first, illustrated p. 143,
no. 155, was excavated in Shandong province in 1984; another example with
a cover was also excavated in Shandong in 1977, and is illustrated on p. 144,
no. 158; the third, excavated in Jiangsu province in 1977, is illustrated on
p. 144, no. 157.

The underside of the Japanese wood box cover bears an inscription by
Renqiu Xueren, the stuio name of Yuzo Sugimura (1900-1978), who was a
renowned Chinese art scholar and a former Managing Director of Idemitsu
Museum of Arts, Tokyo.

春秋時期 青銅鬲
口沿鑄銘文八字「郳伯□母鑄其羞鬲」。盒蓋內有忍丘學人
題跋。

來源:
Umberto Draghi舊藏，比利時
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1985年購自比利時古董商Gis èe Cröes
巴黎佳士得，2017年12月13日，拍品138號
出版:
吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成三編》，
上海，2020年，卷1，編號0307，頁342-343

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