Early Western Zhou dynasty, 10th century BCRaised on a high foot cast with a band of diagonal lozenges enclosing t-shaped whorls and raised 'eyes' under a plain tapered body bisected at the waist with a horizontal band of simple taotie masks, the interior foot cast with a two-character pictogram; the vessel covered with a brown patina with some malachite encrustation and burial earth.5 5/8in (14.3cm) high,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:西周早期 公元前十世紀 青銅觶Provenance:Sotheby's New York, 19th March 2007, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, including property from the Collection of the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, lot 532Christie's New York, 21st September 2004, lot 157來源:蘇富比紐約，2007年3月19日，拍品編號532佳士得紐約，2004年9月21日，拍品編號157For a similar zhi dated to the late Shang or early Western Zhou dynasty and bearing a three-character inscription reading as a dedication to Zi Zu Ji, see Jessica Rawson, The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1988, pp. 60-61, no. 17. It too has a thin band of decoration on the upper body. A similar vessel found at Shandong Feicheng is also cited, see Wenwu, 1982.9, pp.34-43, fig. 41.