A LARGE BRONZE VESSEL IN FORM A ‚ZUN‘ WITH TWO HANDLES

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

Result:

11.007 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Ming dynasty or earlier
H. 40,6 cm
Cast with a tall spreading foot supporting a globular body surmounted by a trumpet neck and two handles.
Collection of the Wuerzburg painter Joachim Schlotterbeck (1926 - 2007), bought by the present owner from him 1995
The origin of the zun form is discussed by Robert W. Bagley in Shang Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C., 1987, p. 265, where he observes that zun seem to have evolved from the earlier lei. Zun was one of the more popular forms during the first half of the Anyang period, and produced in a variety of sizes and proportions of the three sections. For a similar vessel ‚zun‘ preserved in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada see object no. 954.136.2 and on display in the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China - Minor green corrosion

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