AN IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI), WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

AN IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI)
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
西周 侁簋

well cast with the compressed body resting on a tall splayed foot, decorated below the gently everted rim with a band of two pairs of stylized confronting birds against a leiwen ground, centered by beast masks in high relief and interrupted by a pair of loop handles issuing from horned animal heads and set with pendent tabs, the foot similarly decorated with a band of confronting birds, the interior with a six-character inscription reading zuo fu yi bao gui shen, the surface with an attractive malachite encrustation

銘文：
作父乙寶簋 侁

Width 11⅝ in., 29.5 cm

Condition Report:
The body has a consolidated fine crack running horizontally approx. 16 cm long. The rim has four restored cracks, the longest measuring approx. 6.5 cm long. There are some scattered minor areas of restoration or consolidation to the surface, visible under UV light. General expected wear, consistent with age. X-ray images are available upon request.

器體一處約16公分橫向細裂紋，口沿見四處細裂紋經修補，最長者約6.5公分。紫光燈下器面偶見小處修理。器面見磨痕，實屬正常。請聯絡部門提供X光片。

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Provenance:
Collection of A. F. Glathe.

Collection of William A. Klink (1923-2019), acquired prior to 1947, and thence by descent.

來源

A. F. Glathe 收藏

威廉姆•克林克 (1923-2019) 收藏，得於1947年之前，此後家族傳承