Lot 36
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE 'DARGON' ZHI-FORM VASE
SONG TO MING DYNASTY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
宋至明 舉父乙款 仿古銅鑄夔龍紋觶形瓶 共箱
銘文：舉父乙
cast in the archaistic zhi form supported on tall foot with everted rim, each side of the body decorated with a band of two kui dragons against key-fret ground on the upper part, further adorned with a pair of stylised handles, the inner mouth with a three-character inscription reading Ju Fu Yi, with a Japanese tomobako wooden box
Dimensions
26.7cm high; 1839g
Provenance
Private Collection, London;
Formerly in a private Japanese collection (according to the label on the inside of the wooden cover)
倫敦私人收藏；
前日本私人收藏（據木盒蓋內標籤）
Footnote
Compare to the bronze Ju Fu Yi ‘zhi’ vessel, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, which would be the prototype of the present example, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 September 2022, lot 15.
與一件西周時期的青銅'舉父乙'觶相比，該器可視為本件之原型，於紐約蘇富比2022年9月20日售出，拍品15。