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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE ࠊᓒᕪ 㤎㘍྆Ⅹḍ
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are ϝᬝ
finely cast with two taotie masks divided by narrow flanges against ᥼࣡卻 卼
a leiwen ground, one mask is further divided by a flange, while the ⧲֬⁞厁ᱡ‰Ⴋࢷ೥ 卿⡥⡙卿 ჺջݣ⻦
other divided by the handle emerging from a bovine mask with a ) + -PXFOUIBM卿⤔⽚
two-character inscription hui gui cast underneath. A pair of posts
with waisted caps decorated with a band of cloud whorls below ൣ⿫
double raised bands rise from the mouth rim. The bronze has a 3PHFS ,FWFSOF卿ٳᘹ卿Ƕ'JOF BOE 3BSF $IJOFTF 8PSLT PG "SU
mottled, milky green patina with malachite encrustation.
BOE $FSBNJDT 4VNNFS &YIJCJUJPO Ƿ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ ᝲ
8¡ in. (21.3 cm.) high
ᚚ卿ཿ㈇எ㢙㮰 卿எ‸ ⽚
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000
⮐㙽
PROVENANCE
⧲ᑾℱ卿ǶӲջम㞖ᙔໄǷ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿࣍ࢦՆ卿 ⽚
Rong Hou (1875-1945)
ᢐࣥថᯎ卿Ƕވᙣ᧊म㞖எǷ卿՗㛢卿 ჺ卿࣍ԋ卿 ⽚
Dr Robert Heilbroner (1919-2005), New York, 1960s
៣Ⴂടഏ卿Ƕᬂॶᛞջ㬪㠩଍ȹⒺ♾ ᬂॶ㬪㠩଍⣐ㇺ Ӭ Ƿ卿
H J Lowenthal, no. 110
ែ՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿 ⽚
EXHIBITED ୍Ӭ⵰卿Ƕ㞖ᙔ⥙㫀Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿 ⽚
Roger Keverne, London, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and
ℳ℣৿卿Ƕஇट㞖⒢ሂ♙Ƿ卿㬪࿬卿 ჺ卿 ⽚
Ceramics Summer Exhibition 2010, London, 3 June 2010, Catalogue,
Ƕᬂॶ㞖ᙔ㫀ᎰǷـ㈳ಫㅚទ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿
pp. 8-9, no.2
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LITERATURE
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia,
Shang, and Zhou Dynasties), Beijing, 1937, juan 15, no. 28.6
Umehara Sueji, KankarĿ kikkinzu, vol. 2, Kyoto, 1947, no. 27
Hayashi Minao, In shu jidai seidoki no kenkyu (Conspectus of Yin
and Zhou Bronzes), vol. 1, Tokyo, 1984, p. 184, no. jue-229
Yan Yiping (ed.), Jinwen zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions),
Taipei, 1983, no. 3531
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshi zhigao (A Record of Bronze and
Stone Inscriptions in Chinese History), Qingdao, 2004, no. 649.2
Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze
Inscriptions), revised edition, Beijing, 2007, p. 4303, no. 08067

A rubbing of the detail of the current jue published by Luo Zhenyu, Illustration of the current jue in Umehara Sueji,
Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and Kankarō kikkinzu, vol. 2, Kyoto, 1947, no. 27
Zhou Dynasties), Beijing, 1937, juan 15, no. 28.6 ទ։ ᙻᢐࣥថᯎ卿Ƕވᙣ᧊म㞖எǷ卿࣍ԋ卿 ⽚ԋԠⶬ㢙
ទ։ ᙻ⧲ᑾℱ卿ǶӲջम㞖ᙔໄǷ卿࣍ࢦՆ卿 ⽚ԋԠⶬ㢙

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