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Archaisches Zhi Gefäß

Hoher, sich nach oben leicht verjüngender Standring. Birnförmiger Korpus mit weitem Hals und ausgestellter Mündung mit schmalem, vertikalem Rand. Zwei Reliefbänder von sich gegenüberstehenden abstrahierten Vögeln über Leiwen-Grund. Schöne malachitfarbene Inkrustationen mit partiellen Stellen von Azurit und Cuprit.

Literatur:
Vgl. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art-1935 - 1936, Nr. 319J, New York.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, fig. 102.1, S. 633
Wang and Liu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, Nr. 187. (970938)


Archaistic Zhi vessel

Height: 13 cm.
Late Shang/ early western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC.

Literature:
Compare Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935 - 1936, no. 319J, New York.
J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, fig. 102.1, p. 633.
Wang and Liu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, no. 187.

This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.