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INSCRIPTION SIMILAR EXAMPLE
– A two-character inscription inside the vessel reads “Fu Zhou”, – A gui with less elaborate masks on its handles, is illustrated
“Father Zhou”. in Karlgren B., A Catalogue of the Chinese Bronzes in the Alfred
F. Pillsbury Collection, Minneapolis 1952, no. 32, pl. 48.
PROVENANCE – Another gui is illustrated by Umehara S., Nihon Shûcho Shina
Kodô seika, vol. 2, Osaka 1960, pl. 105.
– Collection of T.Y. King, Shanghai, China, before World War Two. – A comparable gui is published in Bagley R.W., Shang Ritual Bronzes
– Sotheby’s London, UK, Jun. 7 , 2000, lot 18. from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C. 1987,
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– Private Collection. p. 516, no. 102.
– Private European Collection. – A gui with similarly prominent rams’ heads from the Seattle Art
– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London, UK, 2001. Museum is published by Bagley R.W., Shang Ritual Bronzes from
– Count & Countess Paul Lippens Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 2001. the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C. 1987, p. 519,
fig. 102.5.
EXHIBITED – Another gui, but with a triangular motif near its rim, is illustrated
in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji – 2 – Shang, Beijing 1997, p. 98,
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– Sotheby’s London, Jun. 7 , 2000, lot 18. no. 96.
– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, Rituels pour l’éternité, Paris
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Oct. 3 – Nov. 30 2001, London, Dec. 10 – 22 2001, cat. no. 3.
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PUBLISHED
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– Sotheby’s London, Jun. 7 , 2000, lot 18.
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– Deydier Ch., Rituels pour l’éternité, Paris Oct. 3 – Nov. 30 2001,
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London, Dec. 10 – 22 2001, cat. no. 3.

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