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Important Archaic Bronzes from the Collection of Albert Y.P. and Sara K.S. Lee

The Zi Kou Jue, Early Western Zhou dynasty | 西周初 子口爵

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September 20, 02:17 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Zi Kou Jue

Early Western Zhou dynasty

西周初 子口爵


cast beneath the handle with a two-character inscription reading Zi Kou


銘文 :

子口


Height 8½ in., 21.5 cm

Sotheby's London, 12th June 1990, lot 9.


倫敦蘇富比1990年6月12日,編號9

Liu Yu and Lu Yan, ed., Jinchu Yin Zhou jinwen jilu [Compilation of recently discovered bronze inscriptions], vol. 3, Beijing, 2002, pl. 845.

Wang Tao and Liu Yu, Liusan oumei yinzhou youming qingtongqi jilu / A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, Shanghai, 2007, pl. 277.

Liu Yu et. al., Shangzhou jinwen zong zhulubiao [Comprehensive list of recorded Shang and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2008, no. 9066 (vessel recorded).

Jiang Xuewang et al., ed., Xizhou wenzi zixingbiao [List of the characters from the Western Zhou dynasty], Shanghai, 2017, p. 31, no. 0110.


劉雨及盧岩,《近出殷周金文集錄》,卷3,北京,2002年,圖版845

汪濤及劉雨,《流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄》,上海,2007年,圖版277

劉雨等,《商周金文總著錄表》,北京,2008年,編號9066(器記錄)

江學旺等編,《西周文字字形表》,上海,2017年,頁31,編號0110