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A RARE BRONZE INSCRIBED RITUAL TRIPOD
WINE VESSEL, JUE
Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty,
12th-10th century BC
The vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising to
a pointed rim opposite a long channelled spout,
flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical
‘fire-whorl’ medallions, all supported on three
narrow tapered legs, the exterior intricately cast in
low relief with two registers of taotie scrolls, one
side set with a curved handle issuing from a bovine
mask, a three-character inscription Shi Fu Gui (史
父癸) cast beneath the handle, the surface with an
overall greyish-green patina with areas of malachite
encrustation.
20cm (7 7/8in) high.
£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 180,000

商晚期或西周早期，公元前12至10世紀 青銅饕餮
紋爵

Provenance: Dr. Kyoshi Hosoi (1897-1975),
Honolulu
Rare Art Inc., New York, before June 1982
An important European private collection
Christie’s London, 10 November 2015, lot 18
A distinguished London private collection

來源: 美國夏威夷檀香山Dr. Kyoshi Hosoi
(1897-1975) 舊藏
1982年6月前購自美國紐約古董商Rare Art Inc.
歐洲重要私人收藏
倫敦佳士得，2015年11月10日，拍品編號18
倫敦顯赫私人收藏

A bronze jue, ‘Chih-fu-hsin’ wine vessel, Shang
dynasty (1766-1122 BC), of similar form and
decoration, is in the collection of the National Palace
Museum Taipei, see Masterworks of Chinese Bronze
in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, pl.44. See
also a jue with similar design on the main register
and under the spout, illustrated by J.Rawson in
Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M.
Sackler Collections, Washington D.C., 1990, vol.IIB,
pp.639-639, no.105.

A similar jue, late Shang dynasty, decorated with
two bands of taotie scrolls but with a longer
inscription, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15
September 2011, lot 1102. Another related bronze
jue, late Shang/Western Zhou dynasty, was sold at
Bonhams Hong Kong, 8 November 2012, lot 228.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE CHINESE ART | 11