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21. Ritual bronze wine vessel he
Late Shang dynasty or early Western Zhou dynasty, circa 11 century bc.
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商代晚期 — 西周早期獸面紋青銅盉
Height: 18.5 cm

Inscription: Exhibited: Published: ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 14 November 2001, lot no. 13.
▪ A three – character inscription cast under the handle ▪ Neiraku Bijutsukan, Nara, 1969. ▪ Umehara S., Sen’oku Seisho, Shinshuhen, (Sen’oku ▪ Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of
reads: “Father Yi X”, 《父乙X》, (a clan name). A tri – ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 14 November 2001, catalogue Museum, New Acquisitions), Kyoto 1961, Vol.3, Archaeology, Yin Zhou Jinwen Jicheng: Xiuding
part pictograph inside the cover, which is commonly no. 13. pl. 250. 梅原末治《泉屋清賞新收編》京都 1961年版, Zengbuben, 2007, no. 09372. 中國社會科學院考古研
seen in oracle bone inscriptions from the Shang ▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La 第3冊, 圖250. 究所《殷周金文集成: 修訂增補本》2007年版 09372號
dynasty, has an as yet unknown meaning. Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques ▪ Neiraku Museum, Neiraku Museum Catalogue, Nara ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 33. 1969, p. 30, no. 10. 寧樂美術館《寧樂譜》奈良 1969年 Collection, London 2009, p. 50 – 51, no. 21.
Provenance: 版, 第30頁 10號. ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
▪ Neiraku Museum, Nara, Japan. ▪ Barnard N. & Cheung K.Y., Rubbings and Hand Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 26, p. 157,
▪ Nakamura Collection, Nara, Japan. Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, no. 14749. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》上海
▪ Sotheby’s, London, 14November 2001, lot no. 13. European, American and Australian Collections, 2012年版, 第26冊, 第157頁14749號.

▪ Christian Deydier / Oriental Bronzes Ltd., London, Taipei 1978, Vol. 8, no. 1125. ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
U.K. ▪ Hayashi M., In Shu Jidai Seidoki no Kenkyu (In Shu Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
Seidoki Soran Ichi), Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 56 – 57, no. 33.
Bronzes, Tokyo 1984, Vol. I–Plates, p. 206, no. 30.
《 殷周時代青銅器の研究: 殷周青銅器綜覧 (一) 圖
版 》東京 1984 年版, 第206頁 30號.

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