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Collection Online as of December 4, 2023

Rectangular Ritual Food Vessel (Fangding)

1000s BCE

China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase

(c.1250-1046 BC)

Bronze

Height: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.)

Xike Jiulu Private Collection 28.2019

Location

241A Arts of Ancient China

Provenance
Before 1942
Huang Jun [1880–1951], Zungu Zhai, Peking [Beijing], China
By 1943
The Hans Jürgon von Lochow [1902–1989] Collection, Peking [Beijing], China
?–1980
The Edward T. Chow [1910–1980] Collection, sold at Sotheby's London
1980
(Sotheby's London, December 16, 1980, lot 339)
by 1988
Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection
1996
(Eskenazi Ltd., London, England)
2019
(Christie's New York, NY, "Power and Prestige: Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection," March 22, 2019, sale 17487, lot 1506)
2019–
Xike Jiulu Private Collection
Citations
Huang Jun 黄濬. Ye zhong pian yu san ji [Treasures from the Ye [Anyang] Series III = 鄴中片羽三集]. Beijing: Tongguzhai, 1942. Reproduced: vol. 1, p. 13
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