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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, ZHU ᓒࠊ ⾿ݚᒁᕪ 㤎㘍૏㸆
DING
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY ϝᬝ
BC ඏ㈁݉卻 卼
The deep, rounded body is raised on three columnar supports cast ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
with blades, and is cast around the sides with a band of blades centred ᮆ⊏ऒ⧻ワ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ ᝲ
by cicadas on a leiwen ground pendent from a band of pairs of ᚚទ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
dragons confronted on notched flanges and also on a leiwen ground. ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
A pair of bail handles rises from the rim. A single graph, zhu, is cast
below the rim on the interior. The patina is of mottled brownish-
⮐㙽
grey and milky green colour.
⧲ᑾℱ卿Ƕ㏌៏ల㫀ऒ㚃ᙔǷ卿Ӵݺ卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚
9¬ in. (24.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
㿩ṝ卿Ƕཉऒ䁗Ꮢ㇦म㞖எǷ卿࣍Ӭ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸
HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$770,000-1,000,000 ⽚
⧲ᑾℱ卿ǶӲջम㞖ᙔໄǷ卿ԋݺ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚
PROVENANCE
Yao Jinyuan (1823-1890) # ,BSMHSFO卿Ǵ/FX 4UVEJFT PO $IJOFTF #SPO[FTǵ卿ǶែՌࢷ⁒
Sold at Sotheby's London, 30 March 1978, lot 42 㱦㱦ߒǷ卿ᙱᇪড়‰ᕳ卿 ჺ卿✄ ឆ卿எ‸*7卿⤔⽚
Ikeda Kobijitsu, Tokyo, Japan, June 1998 ༏ᄗ卿Ƕਦॶᆦ଍㘻⩠Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿ӳݺ卿㮰 卿
A Japanese private collection Ӵݺ卻எ‸卼卿⤔⽚
Sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2014, lot 2036
ࠫ㫛ࣿᮍṗ卿Ƕ᱁ᘶ᪹⧻ᬂॶᝳ㠺㬪㠩଍㫀㢙Ƿ卿ӳᱡ卿
ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚
LITERATURE
Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen, 1930, II, no. 2.2
Huang Jun, Zunguzhai suojian jijin tu, Beijing, 1936, I, no. 14
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun, Beijing, 1937, II, no. 6.1
B. Karlgren, 'New Studies on Chinese Bronzes', B.M.F.E.A.,
Stockholm, no. 9, 1937, pl. IV, no. 91
Rong Geng, Shangzhou yiqi tongkao (A General Study of Archaic
Bronzes in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Beijing, 1941, vol. 1,
p. 288, vol. 2 (plates), no. 7
Liu Yu and Wang Tao, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with
Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 26

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