EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY A BRONZE COOKING 'SHI SHU' VESSEL, GUI

Lot No: 869

Estimate(RMB): 1,200,000-1,800,000

Price Realized(RMB):2,760,000(Including commission)

Illustrated: 1. Outstanding Current Exhibitions of Chinese Bronzes and Porcelains, Parnassus, Vol. 2, pp. 32-39 and 53, issue 8, Eastman, December, 1930
2. Collection of Bronze Wares of Shang and Zhou Dynasties Plundered by American Imperialism, p. 476, pl. 190, p. 230, no. 388, Chen Mengjia, Science Press, 1962
3. Illustrated Collection of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Vol. 9, p. 251, no. 4495, Wu Zhenfeng, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2012
Literature: 4. Supplement to Inscriptions on the Bronzes of Three Dynasties, Vol. 1, p. 34, Zhou Fagao, Taiwan Kuofong Publishing House, 1980
5. Catalogue of Literatures on Inscription on Bronze Wares, p. 123, no. 2097, Sun Zhichu, Zhonghua Book Company, 1981
6. General Collection of Inscriptions on Bronzes, p. 1201, no. 2300, Yan Yiping, Yee Wen Publishing Company, 1983
7. Inscriptions on Bronze Wares of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Vol. 6, p. 253, no. 3646, Zhonghua Book Company, 1994
8. Catalogue of Literatures on Inscriptions of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, p. 527, no. 3999, Liu Yu, Shen Ding, Lu Yan and Wang Wenliang, Zhonghua Book Company, 2008
Exhibited: 9. Tong Yin & Co., New York, U.S., December, 1930
10. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S., 1938
11. The Fogg Museum of Harvard University, U.S., 1941
Provenance: 1. C. F. Yau, Tong Yin & Co., 1930
2. Horace D. Chapin, 1930 - circa 1936
3. Ms. Osgood, after circa 1936
H:14cm
RMB: 1,200,000-1,800,000
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