Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
An archaistic gold and silver-inlaid bronze tapir-form vessel (Zun), Song - Ming dynasty | 宋至明 銅錯金銀犧尊
Auction Closed
September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An archaistic gold and silver-inlaid bronze tapir-form vessel (Zun)
Song - Ming dynasty
宋至明 銅錯金銀犧尊
the animal standing foursquare with head raised, the lips slightly parted below an upturned snout, large almond-shaped gold-inlaid eyes, and pricked ears, the face further decorated with archaistic motifs inlaid in gold and silver, a collar hanging around the neck, the taut muscular body cast at either side with an intaglio line starting at the ankles and winding up the legs and along sides in a swirling vapor-like movement, traces of inlay in the recessed lines, an aperture to center of the back with a small hinged cover with a bird-form knop; together with the exhibition catalogue Asian Art. A Collector's Selection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1973 (2)
及 展覽圖錄《Asian Art. A Collector's Selection》，赫伯特•F•約翰遜藝術博物館，康奈爾大學，伊薩卡，1973年
Length 10½ in., 26.8 cm
Dr. Otto Burchard & Co, Berlin.
Liquidation auction of Dr. Otto Burchard & Co., Paul Graupe, Berlin, 22nd - 23rd March 1935, lot 311.
Collection of Dr. Frederick Baekeland (1928-2017).
Michigan Private Collection.
This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the successors of Otto Burchard & Co and the current owner.
來源
Dr. Otto Burchard & Co.，柏林
Dr. Otto Burchard & Co. 拍賣，Paul Graupe，柏林，1935年3月22至23日，編號311
Frederick Baekeland (1928-2017) 博士收藏
密歇根州私人收藏
本拍品將根據Otto Burchard & Co繼承人與現任物主之間所達成的同意協議出售。
Asian Art. A Collector's Selection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1973, cat. no. 153.
Asian Art. A Collector's Selection, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, 1974, cat. no. 153.
展覽
《Asian Art a Collector's Selection》，赫伯特•F•約翰遜藝術博物館，康奈爾大學，伊薩卡，1973年，編號153
《Asian Art a Collector's Selection》，Munson-Williams-Proctor 藝術中心，由提卡，1974年，編號153
The shape and inlaid decoration of this vessel are based on ancient prototypes which originated as early as the Western Zhou dynasty. For an archaic example, see one attributed to Middle Eastern Zhou dynasty, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (acc. no. F1940.23). Tapir-form bronze vessels of this type began to appear in greater numbers in the Eastern Zhou dynasty, such as one featuring intricate inlay, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, pl. 25.
Later archaistic vessels of this form have traditionally been broadly attributed to the Song to Ming dynasties. Compare one closely related Yuan dynasty example of slightly smaller size in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis (acc. no. 273:1919), illustrated in Philip K. Hu, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections, St. Louis, 2008, p. 45, fig. 3. See another closely related example attributed to the Yuan dynasty in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei (acc. no. 中-銅-000730-N000000000). Two other similar vessels from the same collection are attributed to the Song-Ming period, one of smaller size (acc. no. 中-銅-001680-N000000000); the other of larger scale (acc. no. 中-銅-001677-N000000000). Another related example attributed to the Ming dynasty, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 29.110.9).
For archaistic tapir-form zun sold at auction, compare three examples bearing similar swirl designs: one sold at Christie's London, 14th July 1980, lot 33; one sold at Christie's New York, 22nd March 2007, lot 162; the third sold in our London rooms, 6th May 2007, lot 41. Finally, see a vessel with similar facial expression but with smaller swirls on the body, sold at Christie's New York, 6th June 1985, lot 488.