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The Guo Ji Shi Zi Zu HuLate Western Zhou dynasty, late 9th or 8th century BC西周末 公元前九世紀末或八世紀 虢季氏子組壺 cast to the interior of the neck with a seventeen-character inscription reading guo ji shi zi zu zuo bao hu zi zi sun sun yong bao qi yong xiang銘文：虢季氏子組作寶壺 子子孫孫永寶其用享 Height 16¾ in., 42.5 cmCondition reportFor more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact asiaweek@sothebys.com.ProvenanceDiscovered in Fengxiang county, Shaanxi province, in the Qing dynasty, perhaps in the late Qianlong period (by repute). Collection of Wu Yun (1811-1883), prior to 1872. Collection of Li Hongyi (1831-1885). Collection of Zou An (1864-1940). American Private Collection. 清代陝西鳳翔縣出土，或於乾隆末年（傳）吳雲（1811-1883）收藏，1872年之前李鴻裔（1831-1885）收藏鄒安（1864-1940）收藏美國私人收藏LiteratureWu Yun, Liangleixuan yiqi tushi (Illustrated study of the ritual vessels in the Liangleixuan), 1872, vol. 7, pp 4 and 5 (woodblock illustration of vessel and inscription).Wu Yun, Liangleixuan chidu (Letters from the Liangleixuan), 1886, vol. 8, p. 10 (rubbing discussed).Wu Yun, Liangleixuan cangqi mu (List of objects in the Liangleixuan Collection), 1895 (vessel recorded).Wu Dacheng, Kezhai jigu lu (Kezhai’s record of collecting antiquities), 1896, vol. 14, p. 10 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).Fang Junyi, Zhuiyizhai yiqi kuanzhi kaoshi (Investigation of bronze inscriptions on ritual vessels in the Zhuiyizhai), 1899, vol. 13, p. 19 (drawing of inscription illustrated).Wang Guowei, Guochao jinwen zhulu biao (List of bronze inscriptions recorded in the present [Qing] dynasty), 1914, list 3, p. 20 (vessel recorded).Zou An, Zhou jinwen cun (Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty), 1915, vol. 5, p. 50 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).Zou An, Shuangwang Xizhai jinshi tulu (Illustrated record of bronzes and stelae in the Two Kings’ Seals Studio), 1916, vol. 4, p. 6 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).Chu Deyi, Jinshi xuelu xubu [Sequel to the supplements of the studies of archaic bronze inscriptions], 1919, vol. 2, p. 5 (vessel discussed).Shimonaka Yasaburō, Shodō zenshū (Complete collection of calligraphy), Tokyo, 1931, vol. 1, p. 198 top (rubbing of inscription illustrated).Luo Fuyi, Sandai Qin Han jinwen zhulu biao (List of recorded bronze inscriptions of the Three Dynasties, the Qin and the Han), Beiping, 1933, vol. 4, p. 6 (vessel recorded).Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiao Jingge jinwen taben (Rubbings of bronze inscriptions in the Xiaojiao Jingge), 1935, vol. 4, p. 85 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).Ke Changsi, Mizhai jinwen taben (Rubbings of bronze inscriptions from Mizhai), Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1931-1941 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).Wu Qichang, Jinwen lishuo shuzheng (Critical examination of calendars in bronze inscriptions), Shanghai, 1934, vol. 5, p. 31 (vessel recorded).Guo Moruo, Liang Zhou jinwenci daxi tulu kaoshi (Illustrated record and investigation of the great corpus of bronze inscriptions of the two Zhou periods), Tokyo, 1935, tubian, fig. 185, lubian, p. 231 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Three Dynasties), Beijing, 1937, vol. 12, p. 16 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).John Calvin Ferguson, Lidai zhulu jijin mu (List of bronzes in ancient records), Shanghai, 1937, p. 218 (vessel recorded).Rong Geng, Shang Zhou yiqi tongkao (A comprehensive study of Shang and Zhou ritual vessels), Beijing, 1941, fig. 729 (vessel illustrated).Shirakawa Shizuka, Kimbun no sekai (General interpretation of bronze inscriptions), Tokyo, 1964, vol. 4, p. 61 top (vessel illustrated).Zhou Fagao, Sandai jijin wencun zhulu biao (List of surviving bronze inscriptions from the Three Dynasties), Taipei, 1977, vol. 2, p. 441 (vessel recorded).Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jianmu (Concise list of recorded bronze inscriptions), Beijing, 1981, p. 303, no. 5244 (vessel recorded).Guwenzi yanjiu (Study of ancient characters), Beijing, 1982