Lot 1506
1506
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE

MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC

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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is raised on three blade-shaped legs and is cast with a band of whorl roundels and leiwen. An inscription reading fu gui (Father Gui) is cast on one of the posts that rise from the rim.
7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.

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Lot Essay


The rare decoration of whorl roundels on a leiwen band that decorates this jue can also be seen on a jue in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities illustrated by Bernhard Karlgren, "Some Characteristics of the Yin Art," BMFEA, No. 43, Stockholm, 1962, Pl. 63 a. Referring to this rare decorative band, the author notes on p. 26 that, to his knowledge, "this speciman is 'unique.' "

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