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ਠ ڡ AN INSCRIBED ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL,
͋ ზ ZUN,
Ї ̄ LATE SHANG - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Г ͎ well cast with a slightly bulging midsection rising from a splayed foot to a wide trumpet neck, cast around the body in crisp relief with
մ య two animal masks against a background of thunder patterns (leiwen) between bow-string bands, each mask flanked by kui dragons
shown in profile, the interior cast with two characters reading ran mu
h. 21.8 cm
PROVENANCE Ը๕j
P.C. Lu & Sons, Ltd, Hong Kong, 15th October 1987. ኁˤ˨ɿϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1987ϋ10˜15˚
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of ڡზၳߵjʕ̚˾ၾඈဧεڡზኜd࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନኪ
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.
ึd࠰ಥᖵஔd࠰ಥd1990ϋ
LITERATURE
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Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos
Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 13. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ̚˾ၾඈဧεڡზኜ
d࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ13
HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 51,000-76,500
Inscription
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26 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 27
