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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is raised on three blade-shaped legs and is cast with a band
of whorl roundels and leiwen. An inscription reading fu gui (Father Gui)
is cast on one of the posts that rise from the rim.
7æ in. (19.5 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.
The rare decoration of whorl roundels on a leiwen band that decorates
this jue can also be seen on a jue in the Museum of Far Eastern
Antiquities illustrated by Bernhard Karlgren, "Some Characteristics
of the Yin Art," BMFEA, No. 43, Stockholm, 1962, Pl. 63 a. Referring
to this rare decorative band, the author notes on p. 26 that, to his
knowledge, "this speciman is 'unique.' "
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西周中期 青銅父癸渦紋爵
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