Page 15 - Christies Asia Week 2015 Chinese Works of Art

PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI PROVENANCE:

2002 The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection,
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC New York, and thence by descent
within the family.
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and
the sides are fnely cast with two taotie masks formed LITERATURE:
by pairs of addorsed birds, one mask is centered by a
narrow fange, the other by an inscription cast under Rong Geng, Jinwen bian fulu, 1938,
the handle. A pair of capped posts decorated with vol.1, p.1091, no. 253 (inscription
whorls rises from the rim. The bronze has a reddish- only).
brown patina with some malachite encrustation.
7√ in. (20 cm.) high The inscription cast under the handle
consists of a character, chun, set within
$20,000-30,000 a bow-shaped cartouche.

晚商 青銅饕餮紋爵

(another view)

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