Page 62 - Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection

1509 THE GE ZUO CONG YI FANGDING 西周早期 公元前十一至十世紀 戈作從彜方鼎
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL RECTANGULAR
FOOD VESSEL
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The rectangular body is raised on four columnar supports cast at the top in 來源
high relief with taotie masks below notched fanges at the corners of the body. 賀柏諾 (Henri Hoppenot, 1891-1977) 收藏 ， 法國。
The body is decorated in high relief on each side with rows of pointed bosses Michel Beurdeley， 巴黎 ， 於1978年。
framing a rectangular panel, below a band of S-shaped serpents reserved on a
著錄
leiwen ground and centered on a short fange. The everted rim is set with a pair
of inverted U-shaped handles. A four-character inscription is cast on one side D. Lion-Goldschmidt及J.-C. Moreau-Gobard，《Chinese Art:
of the interior. The bronze has a mottled yellowish-green patina. Bronzes, Jades, Sculpture, Ceramics》，紐約，1966年，頁28，編號8。
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) high

$500,000-700,000

PROVENANCE
Henri Hoppenot (1891-1977) Collection, France.
Michel Beurdeley, Paris, 1978.
LITERATURE
D. Lion-Goldschmidt and J.-C. Moreau-Gobard, Chinese Art: Bronzes, Jades,
Sculpture, Ceramics, New York, 1966, p. 28, no. 8 (revised English edition 1980).

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