Author: --

Size: D18.1cm；H18.8cm；W3020g

Signed and dated: Early Western Zhou Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 29,200,000

Literature:
1. Xi Qing Gu Jian, Editors By the Emperor’s Commend: Liang Shizheng, Jiang Pu, Wang Youdun et al, Qing Qian Long Year 20, 1755, Wu Ying Dian Edition, Volume 14, Page 7
2. Ke Zhai Cang Qi Mu (The Collection Items of Ke Zhai), Wu Dazheng, 1887
3. Ke Zhai Ji Gu Lu (The Records of the Ancient Items in Ke Zhai), Wu Dazheng, 1918, Page 11
4. Xiao Jiao Jing Ge Jin Wen Tuo Ben (A Records of the Book of Robbing - the Jing Ge Jin Wen), Liu Tizhi, 1935, Volume 7, Page 61
5. San Dai Ji Jin Wen Cun (The Bronze Inscription Documents of the Three Generations) , Luo Zhenyu, 1937, Volume 6, Page 19
6. Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C.T. Loo & Co., Detroit Institute of Arts, 18th October – 10th November, 1940, Detroit, No. 25
7. Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo, 1st November 1941 – 30th April, 1941, No. 12
8. Ritual Bronzes of Ancient China, Phyllis Ackerman. New York, 1945, Pic. 29
9. A Collection of Bronzes of Yin and Zhou Dynasties Plundered by US Imperialism, Chen Mengjia, 1962, Beijing, No. A177
10. Classification of Bronzes in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, Chen Mengjia, 1977, Tokyo, No. A177 (Plate), R363v(Epigraph)
11. Bibliography of Jijin Words of Three Dynasties, Zhou Fagao, 1977, Taipei, No. 1303
12. The Supplement of JiJin Words of Three Dynasties, Zhou Fagao, 1980, No. 363
13. Jin Wen Zhu Lu Jian Mu (Brief Description of the Literatures about Bronze Inscriptions), Sun Zhichu, 1981, Beijing, No.1735
14. Brief Description of Inscriptions on Bronze, Yan Yiping, 1983, Taipei, No. 1909
15. A survey of Bronzes of Yin and Zhou Dynasties, Hayashi Minao, Volume 1 (Plate), 1984, Tokyo, Page 110, Gui 248
16. An Imperial Legacy Revisited: Bronze Vessels from the Qing Palace Collection, Thomas Lawton, Asian Art, Volume 1, No. 1, 1987-8, Page 51-79
17. The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Jessica Rawson, 1988, Hong Kong, No. 21
18. Integration of the Yin and Zhou Dynasties Bronze Inscription, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 1984, Beijing, No.3270
19. Chinese Bronze, Ma Chengyuan, 2009, Shanghai, Page 122, Plate No. 23
20. Integration of the Bronze Inscriptions and Image Integration of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Wu Zhenfeng, 2012, Shanghai, Volume 8, Page 221, No. 3922
21. A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, Giuseppe Eskenazi with Hajni Elias, London, 2012, Page 82, Fig. 71

Provenance:
1. Collection of Emperor Qian Long. Collected before 1749
2. Wu Dazheng Collection. Collected before 1887
3. C.T. Loo Collection, New York, by 1940
4. The Edward T. Chow Collection
5. Sothebys London, 16th December, 1980, Lot 338
6. Eskenazi Collection, London, 1980
7. The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection. Collected before 1988
8. Eskenazi Collection, London
9. Michael Goedhuis Collection, New York, 1998

Exhibited:
1. Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C.T. Loo & Co., Detroit Institute of Arts, 18th October – 10th November, 1940, Detroit
2. Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo, 1st November 1941 – 30th April, 1942