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THBChinese Western Zhou Bronze "Jue" Wine Vessel
Lot 107
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jul 11, 2019
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Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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East Asia, China, Western Zhou, ca. 1045 to 771 BCE. A handsome and ornately decorated jue, a ritual wine vessel cast from bronze using the newly invented complex pottery section mold. The vessel stands atop three long, thin legs that flare out at the feet. The body of the vessel is cylindrical, with a small handle on one side, a long spout with steep sides, and a broad, leaf-shaped mouth. Twin projections capped by flaring cylindrical finials may have once had a lid attached to them. The body is decorated with repousse figures of mythical creatures and abstract forms, including Fenghuang birds, while the top of the handle is in the form of a dragon's head. Size: 6.65" W x 8" H (16.9 cm x 20.3 cm)
A Fenghuang, sometimes known as the August Rooster or the Chinese Phoenix, is a symbol of unity and has very positive connotations; it is also associated with the royal house. We owe the preservation of ancient bronzes like this one to their burial, either in storage pits, where they were hastily hidden by fleeing members of a defeated elite house, or, more commonly, in tombs. During the Shang dynasty, members of the royalty were accompanied in the afterlife by their bronzes, ceramics, weapons, amulets, and ornaments, and even the human and animal entourage that surrounded them in life: servants, bodyguards, horses, chariots, and charioteers. Each tomb had a set of specialized bronze vessels, of which the jue was just one designed to hold wine.
See as similar example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/72272 and another that sold at Christie's for $32,500: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-bronze-ritual-tripod-wine-vessel-jue-6129993-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intObjectID=6129993&sid=359121a0-28a3-46a0-a884-00aa6e083df4
Provenance: private Evanston, Illinois, USA collection
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#147290Intact with a pretty, mottled, bright turquoise patina and light encrustations, mainly on the interior.Condition
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