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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品
3* 商末/西周初（公元前十二至十一世紀） 青銅斝
「用犬（虎）父乙」金文鑄款
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL INSCRIBED TRIPOD
WINE VESSEL, JIA Provenance: Franco Marinotti (1891-1966), and thence by descent
Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty, BC12th-11th century
The bulbous vessel divided into three bulging lobes each elegantly 來源： 意大利企業家Franco Marinotti (1891-1966)收藏，
tapered to a straight leg, simply cast with a pair of bow-strings 並由後人保存迄今
encircling and outlining the lobes in zigzag form, with a further bow-
string to the tall cylindrical neck set with a buffalo head issuing a loop
handle, rising to a gently flaring rim cast with a pair of prominent posts
with domed caps bearing whorl designs, an inscription beneath the
handle reading ‘yong quan (hu) fu yi’.
31.8cm (12 1/2in) high
£40,000 - 60,000 CNY370,000 - 550,000
HK$440,000 - 660,000
