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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION 商末 丩毌觚
AN INSCRIBED ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL AN INSCRIBED ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL 銘文：
WINE VESSEL (JUE) WINE VESSEL (GU) 丩毌
LATE SHANG DYNASTY LATE SHANG DYNASTY
來源
cast beneath the handle with a single character reading Ni cast to the interior of the foot with a clan pictogram reading
Height 7⅝ in., 19.3 cm Jiu guan Dagny Carter 夫人 (1970年逝) 收藏，得於1931年
Height 11½ in., 29.3 cm G.G. Scranton 夫人收藏，購於1932至1939年之間
PROVENANCE 美國私人收藏
Collection of Mrs. Dagny Carter (d. 1970), acquired in 1931. PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs. G.G. Scranton, acquired between 1932-1939. Collection of Mrs. Dagny Carter (d. 1970), acquired in 1931.
American Private Collection. Collection of Mrs. G.G. Scranton, acquired between 1932-1939.
American Private Collection.
$ 8,000-12,000 A small group of bronzes from the same clan have been
recorded. See for example, another late Shang dynasty
商末 屰爵 bronze gu, inscribed with the same clan pictogram, published
in The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social
銘文： Sciences, ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng[Compendium of Yin
屰 and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2007, no. 07030.
來源 $ 15,000-20,000
Dagny Carter 夫人 (1970年逝) 收藏，得於1931年 258
G.G. Scranton 夫人收藏，購於1932至1939年之間
美國私人收藏

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE VESSEL (HU)
HAN DYNASTY
Height 11½ in., 29.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs. Dagny Carter (d. 1970), acquired in 1931.
Collection of Mrs. G.G. Scranton, acquired between 1932-1939.
American Private Collection.

$ 8,000-12,000

漢 青銅鋪首壺
來源
Dagny Carter 夫人 (1970年逝) 收藏，得於1931年
G.G. Scranton 夫人收藏，購於1932至1939年之間
美國私人收藏

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