Late Shang Dynasty

Lot 901. Property from a Prestigious Private Collection. A bronze ritual food vessel, gui, Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th century BC; 28.4 cm across handles. Estimate USD 100,000 – USD 150,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 An eight-character inscription on the interior reads shu xiang zuo fu gui bao zun yi (This precious sacrificial vessel was made by Shu Xiang for Father Gui). Provenance : J. T. Tai & Co., New York, 1965.Arthur M. Sackler... [Lire la suite]

Lot 851. A rare small bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, you, Early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-10th century BC; 21 cm high, Japanese wood box. Estimate USD 100,000 – USD 150,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 The vessel is cast with a band of vertical narrow ribs between bands of birds reserved on leiwen around the neck and foot, below a similar band cast on the sides of the cover. The interior of the vessel is cast with a single graph, qi. Provenance : Sadazo Ota... [Lire la suite]

Lot 23. An archaic ritual bronze water vessel 'he' with an anthropomorphic cover, probably late Shang dynasty, ca. 1200-1100 B.C. or later. H. 19,3 cm. Sold: €52 000 (Estimate €4 000 - €6 000). Photo Nagel Auction. The vessel cast in two parts with thin azurite and malachite patina, the lid in anthropomorphic form of a face with broad nose, bulging lips, wrinkled forehead and large, wide open eyes, at the temples with two bottle-shaped horns. The body with relief decoration of a... [Lire la suite]

Tortoise Plastron with Divinatory Inscriptions, Late Shang (13th century–1046 BCE). Length of plastron 29.2 cm, Width 17.5 cm. Unearthed from pit H3 at eastern Huayuanzhuang, Anyang, 1991. © Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Gong (wine vessel) with the Inscription: “Si Mu Xin”, Late Shang (13th century–1046 BCE). Whole height 36.0 cm, Length 46.5 cm. Unearthed from the tomb of Fu Hao at Xiaotun, Anyang, 1976. © Henan Museum

Lot 801. A bronze ritual tripod food vessel, ding, late Shang dynasty, Anyang, 12th-11th century BC; 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 – USD 100,000. Price realised USD 75,600. © Christie’s 2023 The deep body is raised on three columnar legs and is cast with a band of circular bosses alternating with kui dragons below the everted rim set with a pair of bail handles. The patina is of mottled olive-green color with areas of malachite encrustation on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 302. An archaic bronze tripod ritual vessel, liding, Late Shang Dynasty; 23cm (9in) high. Inscribed fu ji 父己. With 1 X-ray. Sold for HK$191,250. © Bonhams 2001-2022 Provenance: Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1980sHartman Rare Art, New York, 1990s. Note: Casting legs beneath a lobed body is a typical feature of liding from the mid Shang dynasty. Compare with a liding, mid Shang dynasty, in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 101. A rare archaic bronze wine vessel, jiao, Late Shang Dynasty; 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high. (2). Sold for HKD 1,011,000 (Est: HKD 600,000 - HKD 900,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to two flaring points, finely cast on each side with a taotie mask detailed with protruding eyes reserved on an intricate leiwen ground, divided on one side by a notched flange, and on the other by a vertical panel cast with... [Lire la suite]

"Gu Wine Vessel", Possibly Henan province, China; Late Shang dynasty, c. 12th century BC. Bronze; h. 12 3/4 in. (32.7 cm). Acquired in 2022. Kimbell Art Museum. On its 50th anniversary, the Kimbell Art Museum has acquired three artworks that demonstrate the institution’s dedication to collecting and exhibiting objects that speak to the transcendent power of art: a bronze vessel from China’s Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050 BC); a larger-than- life-sized sculpture, The Mountain (La Montagne), designed by... [Lire la suite]

© Bonhams 2001-2022 From 22 to 30 August, Bonhams presents "Summer sale of Chinese Art: A Private Asian Collection", an online sale featuring a wide array of Chinese works of art spanning more than 2000 years of Chinese history. Among the 69 lots are archaic ritual bronzes, pottery and porcelain, jades and other works of art, dating from the Shang dynasty to the Republic period. This collection was assembled by an Asian collector over the past three decades via international auction houses and renowned art dealers in New York,... [Lire la suite]