A bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, zhi, Late Shang...

A bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, zhi
Late Shang - early Western Zhou dynasty
商晚期至西周早期 青銅幾何紋觶

the compressed pear-shaped body of oval section rising from a tall, slightly splayed foot to a flared rim, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of lug handles and decorated with borders of geometric motifs echoed on the foot, all below a frieze of cicadas encircling the rim, the domed cover with a scrollwork border against a leiwen ground, surmounted by a finial cast with taotie masks

h. 20.5 cm

Condition Report:
The vessel with restored breaks to one narrow side above the belly, and a few minor spots of touching up. The cover also with restored breaks to one narrow side. X-Ray available upon request.
器一側邊腹部以上見損經修。見些許微小補斑。蓋一側邊見損經修。X光片可供索取。

Catalogue Note:
Compare an example of similar form also decorated with stylized cicadas in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, Shang, vol. 2, Beijing, 1997, pl. 133, and another similar zhi vessel illustrated in Robert Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Cambridge, 1987, fig. 49.20.

Provenance:
The Sze Yuan Tang Collection.

Bonhams Hong Kong, 24th November 2013, lot 571.

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香港邦瀚斯2013年11月24日，編號571