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Auction archive: Lot number 48

A CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI.

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,453 - US$3,679
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 48

A CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI.

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,453 - US$3,679
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI. Early Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th Century BC. The rounded body supported on three hollow legs rising into three clustered bulbous swells each surmounted by plain arched flanges, decorated overall with vertical ribbing up to two raised horizontal bands encircling the body, a waisted neck flaring to a flat rim, the top of which inscribed in archaic script with a 24 character inscription, zhui shi you er nian zhengyue chu ji zhou bai fu zuo zun ge qi wannian zisun yong bao yong xiang, 15.3cm diameter, 964g, boxed. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, the fitted box inscribed with the collector's name and dated "195*", acquired in the 1950s, thence by descent to the present owner. 周早期 銅三足鬲,「隹十又二年正月初吉周白父作尊鬲其萬年子孫永寶用享」款 来源:英國私人收藏,包裝盒帶有藏家姓名以及年份1950年代左右,後傳承至今。 Li is a common vessel during Western Zhou, decorations of this kind are found in Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Objects from the Xuanhe Hall, the maker of this vessel is named zhou bofu, a very common name on Western Zhou antiques. According to Book of Rites: 'when the surname is Zhou, same as the Emperor's, the person should be called bofu (uncle)'. The inscription states that this vessel was made by a relative of the Emperor in January of the twelfth year of a reign with the hope of it being used by many generations after.

Auction archive: Lot number 48
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2022
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

A CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI. Early Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th Century BC. The rounded body supported on three hollow legs rising into three clustered bulbous swells each surmounted by plain arched flanges, decorated overall with vertical ribbing up to two raised horizontal bands encircling the body, a waisted neck flaring to a flat rim, the top of which inscribed in archaic script with a 24 character inscription, zhui shi you er nian zhengyue chu ji zhou bai fu zuo zun ge qi wannian zisun yong bao yong xiang, 15.3cm diameter, 964g, boxed. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, the fitted box inscribed with the collector's name and dated "195*", acquired in the 1950s, thence by descent to the present owner. 周早期 銅三足鬲,「隹十又二年正月初吉周白父作尊鬲其萬年子孫永寶用享」款 来源:英國私人收藏,包裝盒帶有藏家姓名以及年份1950年代左右,後傳承至今。 Li is a common vessel during Western Zhou, decorations of this kind are found in Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Objects from the Xuanhe Hall, the maker of this vessel is named zhou bofu, a very common name on Western Zhou antiques. According to Book of Rites: 'when the surname is Zhou, same as the Emperor's, the person should be called bofu (uncle)'. The inscription states that this vessel was made by a relative of the Emperor in January of the twelfth year of a reign with the hope of it being used by many generations after.

Auction archive: Lot number 48
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2022
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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