An inscribed archaic bronze ritual wine vessel (Gu)Late Shang dynasty商末 丩毌觚cast to the interior of the foot with a clan pictogram reading Jiu guan銘文：丩毌Height 11½ in., 29.3 cm来源: Description An inscribedarchaic bronze ritual wine vessel (Gu)Late Shang dynasty商末 丩毌觚cast to the interior of the foot with a clan pictogram reading Jiu guan銘文：丩毌Height 11½ in., 29.3 cmCondition reportFor more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contactserina.wei@sothebys.com.ProvenanceCollection of Mrs. Dagny Carter (d. 1970), acquired in 1931.Collection of Mrs. G.G. Scranton, acquired between 1932-1939.American Private Collection.Dagny Carter 夫人 (1970年逝) 收藏，得於1931年G.G. Scranton 夫人收藏，購於1932至1939年之間美國私人收藏Catalogue noteA small group of bronzes from the same clan have been recorded. See for example, anotherlate Shang dynasty bronze gu, inscribedwith the same clan pictogram, published in The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng[Compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2007, no.07030.