Lot 245. An archaic bronze ritual food vessel (Gui), Late Shang-Early Western Zhou dynasty. Width 28 cm. Lot Sold 10,795 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1987.

Note: Compare a closely related example, with an inscription corresponding to c. 1072 BC, illustrated in Wei Xinying, 'War against Yifang in the 15th Year of Dixin's Reign Recorded on Late Shang Bronzes in Overseas Collections', Journal of National Museum of China, Beijing, 2015, no. 3, fig. 5-1 and fig. 6., and sold in our New York rooms, 17th March 2021, lot 193; and another sold at Christie's New York, 21st March 2014, lot 2016. See also two similar examples, both sold in our New York rooms, one 20th March 2012, lot 1; and another gui, 14th November 2011, lot 296.

Sotheby's. China/5000 Years, London, 17 May 2024