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A GILT-BRONZE DUCK-FORM INCENSE 明 銅鎏金寶鴨形熏爐 AN ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID 明 銅錯金銀犧尊
BURNER AND COVER, MING DYNASTY BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL (ZUN),
(2) 來源 MING DYNASTY 來源
Height 5¾ in., 14.5 cm 巴黎蘇富比2008年6月12日，編號384（其一） associated stand (2) 紐約佳士得2007年4月5日，編號450
Length 6⅝ in., 17 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 384 (part lot). PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 5th April 2007, lot 450.
$ 4,000-6,000
The shape and inlaid decoration of this vessel are based on
ancient prototypes which originated as early as the Western
Zhou dynasty. For an archaic example, see one attributed
to Middle Eastern Zhou dynasty, in the National Museum
of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
(accession. no. F1940.23). Tapir-form bronze vessels of this
type began to appear in greater numbers in the Eastern Zhou
dynasty, such as one featuring intricate inlay, illustrated
in Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the National Palace
Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, pl. 25.
A closely related example, formerly in the collections of
Dr. Otto Burchard and Dr. Frederick Baekeland, was sold in
these rooms, 22nd September 2021, lot 223.
$ 12,000-15,000

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