Page 38 - Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection

1505 THE RAN FU BIN HE 商晚期/西周早期 公元前十一世紀 冉父丙盉
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE
VESSEL AND COVER
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY,
11TH CENTURY BC
The pear-shaped body is subtly lobed and fat-cast above each leg with a large 來源
bovine-like taotie mask with large rounded eyes reserved on a ground of leiwen. Anthony Carter，倫敦，於1998年。
Two masks are centered by low fanges cast with chevron patterns, the third
by a three-character inscription cast below the C-shaped handle surmounted
by a bovine mask. The neck is cast with a dragon band between the top of the
handle and the diagonally upright spout. The domed cover is cast below the
fnial with three inverted taotie masks, and has a single link that attaches the
cover to the shoulder. The interior of the cover is cast with the same inscription
as on the vessel. The bronze has a mottled grey and pale green patina.
13 in. (33 cm.) high

$500,000-700,000

PROVENANCE
Anthony Carter, London, 1998.

(inscriptions inside cover) (inscriptions below handle)

36 POWER and PRESTIGE IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION