An important inscribed archaic ritual bronze food vessel (Ding), Late Shang dynasty, 13th - 11th century BC | 商末 公元前十三至十一世紀 犬祖辛祖癸鼎
Estimate:
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
An important inscribed archaic ritual bronze food vessel (Ding), Late Shang dynasty, 13th - 11th century BC | 商末 公元前十三至十一世紀 犬祖辛祖癸鼎
An important inscribed archaic ritual bronze food vessel (Ding), Late Shang dynasty, 13th - 11th century BC | 商末 公元前十三至十一世紀 犬祖辛祖癸鼎
Estimate:
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot sold:
1,472,000
USD
An important inscribed archaic ritual bronze food vessel (Ding)
Late Shang dynasty, 13th - 11th century BC
商末 公元前十三至十一世紀 犬祖辛祖癸鼎
the deep rounded body supported on three cylindrical legs, the lipped rim with two large upright loop handles, the body cast with three large taotie masks with bulging eyes intersected by vertical flanges, all against a fine leiwen ground, below a band of six serpents interspersed with whorl-roundels in relief, the legs with scrolls and pendent cicadas all in intaglio, the interior cast on the side with a six-character inscription, the vessel with an attractive olive patina with areas of malachite encrustation
銘文：
犬 祖辛祖癸 享
Height 10¼ in., 26 cm
In overall good condition. One leg has a consolidated vertical crack with a few associated small shallow losses to the design. One side of the body with a slightly compressed area. Overall with some expected general wear. X-Ray available upon request.
整體品相良好。一足見一道縱向裂紋經加固，相應紋飾處見些許微小剝落。器身一側略欠圓整。整體見些許正常磨損。X光片可供索取。
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Collection of David A. Berg (1904-1999).
Collection of Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, received as a bequest from the above.
Christie's New York, 21st September 2000, lot 160.
Sotheby's London, 19th June 2002, lot 73.
Asian Private Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 17th March 2015, lot 107.
來源
David A. Berg (1904-1999) 收藏
哈佛藝術博物館收藏，劍橋，由上述處遺贈
紐約佳士得2000年9月21日，編號160
倫敦蘇富比2002年6月19日，編號73
亞洲私人收藏
紐約蘇富比2015年3月17日，編號107
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出版
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