The Ju Fu Ding YouEarly Western Zhou dynasty西周初 舉父丁卣cast to the interior of the vessel and cover with a three-character inscription reading Ju Fu Ding (2)銘文：舉 父丁Height 8⅝ in., 21.8 cm来源: DescriptionThe Ju Fu Ding YouEarly Western Zhou dynasty西周初 舉父丁卣cast to the interior of the vessel and cover with a three-character inscription reading Ju Fu Ding (2)銘文：舉 父丁Height 8⅝ in., 21.8 cmCondition reportBecause this lot was imported into the United States after September 1, 2020, it is subject to an import tariff of 7.5% of the value declared upon entry into the United States. $9,375, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue. If you have any questions, please contacttariffs@sothebys.com。由於本拍品在 2020年9月1日之後進口到美國，所以買家可能需就本拍品支付進口關稅，金額為拍品進口美國當時申報價值的7.5％。除非您要求蘇富比安排運送拍品到美國境外之地址，否則發票上將包括9,375美元以及相關的銷售稅。如欲查詢進口關稅的更多信息，請查閱目錄背面的附錄。 如有任何疑問，敬請聯繫tariffs@sothebys.com。For more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact serina.wei@sothebys.com.ProvenancePrivate Collection.John Sparks Ltd., London, 1954.Collection of H.G.W. Peters.Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1999.Collection of John J. Studzinski (b. 1956).Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2014.The Meiyintang Collection.私人收藏John Sparks Ltd.，倫敦，1954年H.G.W. Peters 收藏埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，1999年John J. Studzinski (1956年生) 收藏埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，2014年玫茵堂收藏LiteratureZhong Baisheng, Chen Zhaorong, and Huang Mingchong,et al., ed.,Xinshou Yin Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji qiying huibian[Compendium of inscriptions and images of recently included bronzes from Yin and Zhou dynasties], Taipei, 2006, no.1911.Wu Zhenfeng,Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng[Compendium of inscriptions and images of bronzes from Shang and Zhou dynasties], vol. 21, Shanghai, 2012, no.12067.鐘柏生、陳昭榮及黃銘崇等編，《新收殷周青銅器銘文及器影彙編》，台北，2006年，編號1911吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，卷21，上海，2012年，編號12067ExhibitedA Small Exhibition of Fine Early Chinese Bronzes, John Sparks Ltd., London, 1954, cat. no. 3.Ancient Chinese Bronzes from an English Private Collection, Eskenazi Ltd.,London, 1999, cat. no.8.《A Small Exhibition of Fine Early Chinese Bronzes》，John Sparks Ltd.，倫敦，1954年，編號3《Ancient Chinese Bronzes from an English Private Collection》，埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，1999年，編號8Catalogue noteThis bronze vessel, known as the Ju Fu Ding You, is well-proportioned and delicately cast with narrow bands of intricate designs. The three-character inscription on this piece can be translated to 'Father Ding of the Ju clan'. As evidenced by the volume of unearthed bronzes bearing this name, Ju was one of the largest clans active since the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC). Although a gradual evolution of the pictogram Ju over the years can be observed, at least 168 bronzes were inscribed with the type of pictogram as can be seen on the present piece (see He Jingcheng, Shangzhou qingtongqi zushi mingwen yanjiu[Study of the clan pictograms on the bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties], Jinan, 2009, pp 75, 328-32, appendix A001). Vessels of this type were used as wine containers in ancestral rituals during the Shang and Western Zhou (c. 1046-771 BC) periods.At least three bronze you with lid and shoulder adorned with closely related triple bands appear to be recorded: a vessel from the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (accession no. B60B82), with a handle terminating in rhinoceros heads, illustrated in René-Yvon Lefebvre D'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pl. XXXV (right); another you with a five-character inscription, also with a handle ending with two animal heads, formerly in the collection of Sir Herbert Ingram, sold in our London rooms, 14th December 1982, lot 6, and now in the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated in Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2009, pl. 30; and a further inscribed and handled you of larger scale, measuring 38.7cm in height, excavated in 1955 from Hejiacun, Qishan county, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Washington D.C., 1990, p. 480, fig. 64.2.The same inscription appears on a few other you of different form. See two examples: one of cylindrical shape, excavated in 1998 from the tomb in Qianzhangda, Tengzhou, Shangdong province, now in Tengzhou Museum, illustrated in Tengzhou Qianzhangda mudi / The tomb of Qianzhangda in Tengzhou, Beijing, 2005, p. 283; another of a similar silhouette to the present piece, but with an additional spout, sold in our London rooms, 14thMarch 1972, lot 8, and now in the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated in Wang Tao, op.cit., pl. 31.