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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 22, 2019 | Christie's | New York | Power and Prestige: Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection | 1506 | $****** - ****** | THE SHAO FANGDING A RARE AND IMPORTANT BRONZE RECTANGULAR RITUAL FOOD VESSEL |
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20.6 cm (8.13 in)
Huang Jun (1880-1951), Zungu Zhai, Beijing, prior to 1942.
Hans Jürgon von Lochow (1902–1989) Collection, Beijing, by 1943.
The Edward T. Chow (1910-1980) Collection.
Sotheby's London, 16 December 1980, lot 339.
Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection, by 1988.
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1996.
Huang Jun, Ye Zhong pianyu sanji (Treasures from the Ye [Anyang] Series III), Beijing, 1942, vol. 1, p. 13.
G. Ecke, Sammlung Lochow: Chinesische Bronzen I, Beijing, 1943, pl. V a-d.
B. Kalgren, "Notes on the Grammar of Early Bronze Decor", B.M.F.E.A., vol. 23, Stockholm, 1951, pl. 14, no. 288 (detail only).
Speiser, Werner and E. Köllmann, Ostasiatische Kunst und Chinoiserie, Ausstellung der Stat Köln, Cologne, 1953, no. 75.
Minao Hayashi, In Shu seidoki soran (Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronzes), vol. 1 (plates), Tokyo, 1984, fangding no. 12.
J. Rawson, The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1988, no. 8.
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1984, no. 01193 (inscription only).
Zhong Baisheng, Chen Zhaorong, Huang Mingchong, Yuan Guohua, ed., Xinshou Yinzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji qiying huibian (Recently Compiled Corpus of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions and Images), Taipei, 2006, no. 1924.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2012, no. 00185.
The slightly tapering, deep rectangular body is raised on four columnar supports each cast in high relief at the top with a taotie mask. The body is cast in high relief on each side with a large taotie mask with dragon-shaped horns divided by a notched flange repeated at the corners and above to divide a pair of kui dragons, all reserved on leiwen grounds. The everted rim is set with a pair of inverted U-shaped handles. The base of the interior is cast with a single clan sign, Shao. The bronze has a milky green patina with malachite and cuprite encrustation.
