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INSCRIPTION
                     –  A two-character inscription on the interior can be read: “Fu Gui”,   –  Another yu of similar decoration, including the band of triangular
                      “Father Gui”.                                     scroll-filled blades, but with flanges that divide the entire height
                                                                        of the vessel and from the Freer Gallery of Art, is illustrated by
                     PROVENANCE                                         Ackerman P., Ritual Bronzes of Ancient China, New York 1945,
                                                                        pl. 34.
                     –  Simone & Alan Hartmann Collection, New York, USA.  –  A quite similar yu from The Mount Trust is illustrated by Watson W.,
                     –  Christie’s New York, USA, 25 Mar. 1998, cat. lot 50.  Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London 1962, pl. 4a.
                     –  Count & Countess Paul Lippens Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 1998.

                     EXHIBITED

                     –  Christie’s New York, 25 Mar. 1998, cat. lot 50.
                     PUBLISHED

                     –  Christie’s New York, 25 Mar. 1998, cat. lot 50.

                     SIMILAR EXAMPLES

                     –  A handleless yu with similar decoration and flanges at the lower
                      body and foot, but without the band of triangular scroll-filled blades
                      below the rim and now in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated by Ma
                      Chengyuan, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Oxford 1986, p. 26.






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