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INSCRIPTION
– A three-character inscription inside the vessel reads “Shu Fu
Ding”, “Father Ding (of the clan of) Shu”.

PROVENANCE
– J. Ortet Collection, Paris, France.
– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd., London, UK
– Count & Countess Paul Lippens Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

PUBLISHED

– Deydier Ch., Les Bronzes Chinois, Fribourg 1980, p. 3, no. 15.
SIMILAR EXAMPLE

– A similar li is illustrated in Wang Tao & Liu Yu, A Selection of Early
Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby’s and Christie’s
Sales, Shanghai 2007, no. 46; and by Deydier Ch., Chinese Bronzes
from the Meiyintang Collection, Hong Kong 2013, vol. 1 Annexe,
p. 151, no. 93.

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