An inscribed archaic bronze ritual wine vessel (Zhi)Early Western Zhou dynasty 西周初 冉父丁觶cast to the interior with a three-character inscription reading Ran fu ding 銘文：冉父丁Height 5 in., 12.8 cm来源: Description An inscribed archaic bronze ritual wine vessel (Zhi)Early Western Zhou dynasty西周初 冉父丁觶cast to the interior with a three-character inscription reading Ran fu ding銘文：冉父丁Height 5 in., 12.8 cmCondition reportFor more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contactserina.wei@sothebys.com.ProvenanceSotheby's London, 10th June 1986, lot 41.Collection of Charles R. Nesbitt (1921-2007), and thence by descent.倫敦蘇富比1986年6月10日，編號41Charles R. Nesbitt (1921-2007) 收藏，此後家族傳承LiteratureWang Tao and Liu Yu,Liusan oumei yinzhou youming qingtongqi jilu/A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, Shanghai, 2007, pl. 184.汪濤及劉雨，《流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄》，上海，2007年，圖版184Catalogue noteCharles R. Nesbitt was an Oklahoma attorney, politician and a permanent member of the board of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City. He held several political positions in the Oklahoma state government, having served as the 9th Attorney General of Oklahoma (1963–1967), a member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1969–1975), and as Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor David Walters (1991–1995).