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A SMALL RITUAL BRONZE WINE VESSEL, ZHI 商晚期 西周׀ǎՌ元ע十ˏˠ紀ǎ A LARGE BRONZE CIRCULAR 'LION AND 唐ǎ銀ạẬ葡萄紋鏡
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC 青銅雷紋」 GRAPEVINE' MIRROR
銘文：子ηḍ̋寶彝 TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Ϝ源
The pear-shaped vessel is cast with a narrow band of leiwen and a pair of thin 年已Ն日本境Շ
bow-string bands on the tall foot. The interior is cast with a six-character Ϝ源 One side is crisply cast in relief with a central lion-form knob surrounded by 秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
inscription, zi zuo fu yi bao yi (son made this precious vessel for Father Yi), 年代已Ն日本境Շ three writhing beasts interspersed with three winged horses amidst a fruit-
and the base is cast with a cicada. 秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
laden grapevine. The outer band depicts various animals including lions, birds
5q in. (14 cm.) high, hardwood stand, Japanese double wood box and horses amidst further fruiting grapevine, below a narrow border of clouds
The inscription cast on the interior of the current on the raised rim. The reverse is plain.
$18,000-25,000
zhi can be found on a bronze gui illustrated by Yan
8æ in. (22.3 cm.) diam., Japanese fitted wood box inscribed by Hata Zoroku II
Yiping, Jinwen zongji, Taipei, 1983, p. 1130, no. 2157.
(1861-1936)
PROVENANCE: Also illustrated, p. 3564, no. 6559, is a zhi of similar
In Japan prior to the 1970s. size to the present vessel cast with a similar band $15,000-18,000
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan. of leiwen and thin bow-string bands on the tall foot.
PROVENANCE:

In Japan by 1936.
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

(base)

(detail of inscription) (with box)

26 M I N E O H A T A A N I N S T I N C T I V E E Y E 靈心慧目ě秦峰⁸中४藝術集珍 27