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, 1980s
Hartman 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, illustrated in the Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji (Complete Collection of Chinese Bronzes), Beijing, 1996, pl.57. Compare also with a related liding, late Shang dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by P.Chen, Xiashangzhou qingtongqi yanjiu (Researches of Archaic Bronzes in Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2004, pp.147-149, pl.70.

Bonhams. AUTUMN SALE OF CHINESE ART A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION, Hong Kong, 25 November – 16 December 2022