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An exceptionally rare archaic bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, gong, Late Shang dynasty | 商末 青銅獸形觥

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An exceptionally rare archaic bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, gong,

Late Shang dynasty

商末 青銅獸形觥


the interior of the base and the underside of the cover inscribed with four pictograms reading mu ning ri xin '(made for) mother Ri Xin from the Ning clan'


w. 18.1 cm

Collection of Bella and P.P. Chiu, Hong Kong and San Francisco.

Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1998.

Michael Goedhuis, London.


趙氏山海樓收藏,香港及三藩市

埃斯卡納齊,倫敦,1998年

Michael Goedhuis,倫敦

Animals and Animal Designs in Chinese Art, Eskenazi Ltd, New York, 1998, cat. no. 2.


《Animals and Animal Designs in Chinese Art》,埃斯卡納齊,紐約,1998年,編號2

Jessica Rawson, The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1988, pl. 10.


羅森,《趙氏山海樓所藏古代青銅器》,香港,1988年,圖版10