Property from a distinguished European Private CollectionA rare large inscribed archaic bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, HuEarly Western Zhou dynasty西周初 齊作父乙壺cast to the interiors of the cover and vessel with a six-character inscription reading Qi Zuo Fu Yi Zun Yi (Qi made this precious vessel for Father Yi); together with Yu Xingwu, Shuangjianyi guqiwu tulu [Catalogue of ancient objects from the Shuangjianyi], vols 1-2, Beijing, 1940銘文：齊乍（作）父乙尊彝(4)Overall height 35.5 cm, 14 in.