POWER / CONQUEST: The Forging of Empires
POWER / CONQUEST: The Forging of Empires
Important Archaic Bronzes from the Collection of Albert Y.P. and Sara K.S. Lee
The Zhou Zhi Gong Ding, Early Western Han dynasty | 西漢初 盩厔供鼎
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September 20, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Zhou Zhi Gong Ding
Early Western Han dynasty
西漢初 盩厔供鼎
cast with two inscriptions to the exterior of the body reading Zhou zhi gong ding rong wu dou zhong ershi ba jin di ershi yi and Shan Ling zao; cast with one inscription on top of the cover reading Chang x x erdou ding gai zhong x x x di shisan (2)
銘文：
盩厔供鼎 容五斗 重二十八斤 第二十一
長□□二斗鼎蓋 重□□□第十三
山陵造
Width across handles 12⅞ in., 32.8 cm
Collection of Duan Fang (1861-1911).
American Private Collection.
Christie's New York, 6th June 1985, lot 111.
端方 (1861-1911) 收藏
美國私人收藏
紐約佳士得1985年6月6日，編號111
Wu Dacheng, Hengxuan suojian suocang jijin lu [Archaic bronzes in the Hengxuan], 1885, p. 105.
Duan Fang, Taozhai jijinlu [Catalogue of bronzes from the Taozhai collection], vol. 5, 1908, pp 14-15.
Y.P. Lee, Important Inscribed Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels from the Li Yingshuan Collection in the Shanghai Museum, vol. II, Shanghai, 1996, pl. 48.
吳大澂，《恒軒所見所藏吉金錄》，1885年，頁105
端方，《陶齋吉金錄》，卷5，1908年，頁14-15
李爾白，《李蔭軒所藏中國青銅器》，卷2，上海，1996年，圖版48