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A bronze ritual wine vessel, Zun, presumably Han dynasty or older.

Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 440 - 1 930 EUR
1 660 - 2 220 USD
Hammer price
55 000 SEK
Bidding requires special pre approval.
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A bronze ritual wine vessel, Zun, presumably Han dynasty or older.

Flared rim. The rounded mid-section is cast with two narrow bands of pairs of stylized animals. Height appr. 25 cm.

Damages, repairs.

Provenance

From the Collection of C Henning, according to reciept purschased in Stockholm 17/2 1937. Thence by descent.

Exhibitions

Exhibited at: Kinesiska utställningen, Stockholm 1914. Lot no 47. Depicted in the catalogue. Then in the collection of the Swedish Crown Prince.

Literature

J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1990, pp. 574-79, no. 87. Compare other Zun vessels of this model.
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, Shanghai, 2007, no. 162. Compare other Zun vessels of this model.