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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The rounded mid-section is cast with two narrow bands of pairs
of backward-looking birds, the upper band divided by relief animal
masks and the lower band divided by low fanges. The bottom of the
interior is cast with a six-character inscription. The patina of dark
brown color is covered with malachite encrustation.
10Ω in. (26.8 cm.) high, zitan stand, Japanese wood box with
inscriptions by Hata Zoroku IV (1898-1984) and dated 1932

$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE
In Japan prior to 1932.
An early Western Zhou bronze you vessel of similar form and
decorative scheme but decorated with dragons, as opposed to
the birds on the present zun, formerly in the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections, was sold at Christie’s New York, 14-15 September 2017,
lot 905. Two more similar early Western Zhou zun with dragon
patterns, one from Xiang xian, Henan and one in the Hakutsuru
Bijutsukan, Kobe, are illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual
(inscription) (inscription on box)
Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Cambridge,
1990, p. 577, fgs. 87.2 and 87.4, respectively.
西周早期 青銅鳳鳥紋尊

(another view with stand and box)

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