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Zhi (伯逑觶)
Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 9th century BC
Inscription: 伯逑乍宮公寶尊彝
Height: 18.4cm
Provenance:
Collection of C.S. Chen, Southern California, acquired in Los Angeles
The vessel has a flared mouth and a rounded body, fitted with a domed cover surmounted by a semicircular loop handle. The mouth tapers to a constricted neck above a slightly splayed circular foot. The rim of the cover and the neck of the vessel are decorated with kuilong (taotie-like dragon) motifs: the dragons are shown with pendent crests and backward-turned heads, their tails curving beneath into blade-like forms. The foot is encircled by two bands of string patterns.
This piece closely resembles the Gong Zhong zhi unearthed at Liulihe, Beijing, in 1974, as well as the zhi in the collection of the Shouyang Studio, catalogue no. 23. The form and the calligraphic style of the inscription correspond to the typology associated with the reigns of Kings Kang and Zhao of the early Western Zhou period.
Inscription: 伯逑乍宮公寶尊彝
Height: 18.4cm
Provenance:
Collection of C.S. Chen, Southern California, acquired in Los Angeles
The vessel has a flared mouth and a rounded body, fitted with a domed cover surmounted by a semicircular loop handle. The mouth tapers to a constricted neck above a slightly splayed circular foot. The rim of the cover and the neck of the vessel are decorated with kuilong (taotie-like dragon) motifs: the dragons are shown with pendent crests and backward-turned heads, their tails curving beneath into blade-like forms. The foot is encircled by two bands of string patterns.
This piece closely resembles the Gong Zhong zhi unearthed at Liulihe, Beijing, in 1974, as well as the zhi in the collection of the Shouyang Studio, catalogue no. 23. The form and the calligraphic style of the inscription correspond to the typology associated with the reigns of Kings Kang and Zhao of the early Western Zhou period.
