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倫敦蘇富比1977年12月13日，編號235
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紐約蘇富比2011年3月22日，編號2

其一整體品相良好，見正常磨損及年久痕跡，包括氧化、輕微淺磕及輕微凹痕（均如圖錄所示）。其二見相似年久痕跡及一道分叉裂紋經修，圍繞上部大約二分之三，足另見一道約5公分破損經修（致三小塊破損經重接）。X光片可供索取。
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Bronze vessels known as gu first appeared in the Erligang phase of the Shang dynasty. A simple, stout vessel with a profile curving in an unbroken arc from rim to foot, the form gradually evolved to taller, more slender shapes with a pronounced middle section. The present pair of gu are comparatively large and stout, therefore suggesting an early Shang dynasty date. Comparable excavated vessels are discussed and illustrated in Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. I, 1987, Washington, D.C., pp. 216-261, cat. nos 40 - 41, and figs. 41.1 and 41.2. A related pair of gu, part of a larger set of objects uncovered near Luoyang, Henan province, now in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, are illustrated in William White, Bronze Culture of Ancient China, Toronto, 1956, p. 133.