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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE 晚商ǎՌ元ע十̣至十ˏˠ紀ǎ青銅ौḌ
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
銘文：ौ
The trumpet-shaped upper section is undecorated, the rounded middle The deep body is raised on three blade-shaped supports and is flat-cast on
section is cast with two taotie masks, above the spreading foot which is cast the sides with a band of stylized dragons below a band of cruciform motifs Ϝ源
with a band of dragons above further taotie masks. The patina is of olive- all on a leiwen ground. The posts that rise from the rim have conical caps cast
green color with areas of malachite encrustation. with whorl motifs. An inscription, nan (son) is cast beneath the handle which is 蘇富比香港
年 月 日
拍品編號
9√ in. (24.8 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box inscribed by Hata Zoroku surmounted by a bovine mask. The patina is of greyish olive-green color. + 3 ) +PIOTPO珍藏 蘇富比і敦
年 月 日
拍品編號
II (1861-1936) dated to the fifth year of Taisho, corresponding to 1916. 8r in. (22.2 cm.) high 日本私́珍藏
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$20,000-30,000 $20,000-30,000
汪濤及劉雨
Ǘ流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄ǘ
˖海
年
編號
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
In Japan prior to 1916. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16 November 1973, lot 11.
Private collection, Japan. (inscription) The Property of J. R. H. Johnson, Esq; Sotheby’s London, 15 December 1981,
lot 13.
The interior of the foot is cast with an Private collection, Japan.
inscription reading Fu ce, fu Xin (Registrar
Fu, Father Xin).
LITERATURE:
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions
晚商 公元前十二至十一世紀 from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 249.
青銅 畐冊父辛觚
The graph cast under the handle, nan, may be translated as 'son,' but may
銘文: 畐冊父辛 also represent the surname of the Shang royal family.
來源:
1916年前於日本入藏
(inscription)
日本私人珍藏

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