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INSCRIPTION
– A six-character inscription inside the vessel reads: “X zuo Fu Yi
bao yi”, “X made for Father Yi this precious vessel”.
PROVENANCE
– The Estate of William H. Wolff, USA.
– Eskenazi Ltd, London, UK, 1996.
– Count & Countess Paul Lippens Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 1996.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES
– Two quite similar jia are illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji –
3 – Shang, Beijing 1997, p. 38 and 39, nos. 38 and 39.
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