拍品 597
- 597
商末 青銅𣪊觚
估價
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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招標截止
描述
- bronze
銘文：
𣪊
𣪊
來源
倫敦蘇富比1975年7月8日，編號8
平野古陶軒，1976年
平野古陶軒，1976年
展覽
京都國立博物館，1970年代至2016年（借展）
出版
林巳奈夫，《殷周時代青銅器の研究―殷周青銅器総覧―》，東京，1984年，頁323，圖79
Condition
The X-ray indicates the rim has a crescent-shaped section (approx. 1/4 of the rim) broken into three pieces and restored. Some scattered stabilized fissures throughout and occasional small losses to the relief cast details. Some general wear to the surface, as can be expected.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
拍品資料及來源
This vessel belongs to a distinct and rare group of archaic bronze ritual vessels that feature striking intaglio and openwork decoration. Several gu of this type were excavated at the tomb of Fu Hao in Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in Yinxu Fu Hao mu, Beijing, 1980, pls 74 and 75; and another was excavated at Xiaotun, a small village near Anyang, published in 5000 Ans d’Art Chinois. Les Bronzes, Brussels, 1989, vol. I, pl. 41. These excavated examples confirm the dating of this piece to the first century of the Anyang period, and their importance in the context of burial ceremonies.
See a closely related gu of this type, bearing the same inscription, from the Carl Kempe Collection, illustrated in Wu Zhenfeng, ed., Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng [Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties], Shanghai, 2012, vol. 17, no. 9116; and two others, with the same inscription, from the collection of V.W. Shiro, sold in our London rooms, 13th-14th November 1972, lots 234 and 235; the first, which was previously sold in the same rooms, 28th May 1963, lot 139, is now in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo and published in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pl. 50, as well as in Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Sales, Shanghai, 2007, no. 200.
Several other gu of this type are held in important collections around the world, for example one in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, is illustrated in Ma Chengyuan, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Oxford, 1986, pl. 28; another is published in Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Cambridge, 1987, pl. 30; one from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, is illustrated in Christian Deydier, Les Bronzes Archaïques Chinois, Paris, 1995, vol. I, p. 227, pl. 1; a fourth in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, pl. 22b; and a further example was sold in our London rooms, 8th July 1975, lot 8.
Vessels cast in openwork are known from as early as the Erligang period, with a number of gu and zun excavated at Panlongcheng, Hubei province, such as one published in Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji. Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, Beijing, 1996, vol. 1, pl. 155.
See a closely related gu of this type, bearing the same inscription, from the Carl Kempe Collection, illustrated in Wu Zhenfeng, ed., Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng [Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties], Shanghai, 2012, vol. 17, no. 9116; and two others, with the same inscription, from the collection of V.W. Shiro, sold in our London rooms, 13th-14th November 1972, lots 234 and 235; the first, which was previously sold in the same rooms, 28th May 1963, lot 139, is now in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo and published in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pl. 50, as well as in Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Sales, Shanghai, 2007, no. 200.
Several other gu of this type are held in important collections around the world, for example one in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, is illustrated in Ma Chengyuan, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Oxford, 1986, pl. 28; another is published in Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Cambridge, 1987, pl. 30; one from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, is illustrated in Christian Deydier, Les Bronzes Archaïques Chinois, Paris, 1995, vol. I, p. 227, pl. 1; a fourth in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, pl. 22b; and a further example was sold in our London rooms, 8th July 1975, lot 8.
Vessels cast in openwork are known from as early as the Erligang period, with a number of gu and zun excavated at Panlongcheng, Hubei province, such as one published in Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji. Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, Beijing, 1996, vol. 1, pl. 155.