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           AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT           ਠ ँᄢࣛಂ   ڡზᛧᕡ७ᠻ
           ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL         Ը๕
           AND COVER (YOU)                           රᏽ  1880 1952  ϗᔛd̏ԯ
           SHANG DYNASTY, YINXU PERIOD               τ؇s࠭лऌ௹ɻ  1874 1951  ϗᔛ
                                                     ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1978ϋ3˜30˚dᇜ໮13
           of oval section, the compressed pear-shaped body well-cast
           in low relief with a pair of taotie masks divided by four vertical   Ꮦᆗᓈ  1910 1992  ϗᔛdॲߒ
           notched " anges against a leiwen ground, the hollow pedestal   Wahl Rostagni ϗᔛdᖯ৵
           foot with confronting dragons and short " anges, the neck with   ج਷ӷɛϗᔛ
           a continuous frieze of kuilong, centered on each side with an   ࢝ᚎ
           animal mask in relief, the shoulder set with two loops attached
           to an arched swing handle decorated with further dragons   Archaic Chinese Bronzes from Shang and Zhou
           issuing from animal-mask terminals on either end, the domed   Dynasties‘d؇˙ڡზኜϞࠢʮ̡  Oriental Bronzes
           cover similarly cast with taotie masks separated by notched   Ltd  dࡐ౱d1989ϋdྡو3
           " anges, all below a cap ! nial formed by four abstract cicadas,   ̈و
           the surface with areas of malachite encrustation (2)
                                                     රᏽd፳ʕ˪ϻɚණ‘d՜ɪd̏ԯd1937ϋdࠫ17
           Height 11¼in., 28.7 cm
                                                     Ꮦдϓ  Christian Deydier dLes Bronzes Archaïques
           PROVENANCE                                Chinois  Archaic Chinese Bronzes I Xia Shang‘dˋ
           Collection of Huang Jun (1880-1952), Beijing.  ኇd1995ϋd੹ྡو107
           Collection of Dr. A.F. Philips (1874-1951).   Ꮦдϓ  Christian Deydier dᛘᏑʕ਷ڡზኜj˖ʷe
           Sotheby’s London, 30th March 1978, lot 13.  Җόěঐၾྡࣩ‘dˋኇd2015ϋdࠫ83
           Collection of J.T. Tai (1910-1992), New York.
           Collection of Wahl-Rostagni, Rome.
           French Private Collection.
           EXHIBITED
           Archaic Chinese Bronzes from Shang and Zhou Dynasties,
           Oriental Bronzes Ltd., London, 1989, cat. no. 3.
           LITERATURE
           Huang Jun, Yezhong pianyu erji [Feathers from Yezhong series
           II], vol. 1, Beijing, 1937, p. 17.
           Christian Deydier, Les Bronzes Archaïques Chinois. Archaic
           Chinese Bronzes I Xia Shang, Paris, 1995, col. pl. 107.
           Christian Deydier, Understanding Ancient Chinese Bronzes.
           Their Importance in Chinese Culture, Their Shapes, Functions
           and Motifs, Paris, 2015, p. 83.
           $ 1,500,000-2,500,000





























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