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24. Ritual bronze wine vessel he
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, circa 5 – 3 centuries bc.
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東周戰國時期提梁青銅盉
Height: 22.3 cm, Length: 23 cm

Inscription: Provenance: Published: ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
▪ A two – character inscription, with a《二》mark to the ▪ E. Bernat Collection, USA. ▪ Barnard N. & Cheung K.Y., Rubbings and Hand Collection, London 2009, p. 52 – 55, no. 24.

bottom right side of the second character to indicate ▪ Sotheby’s, New York, 7November 1980, lot no. 2. Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
repetition, is incised on the outside of the vessel and ▪ The Bella & P.P. Chiu Collection, Hong Kong. European, American, and Australian Collections, Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 26, p. 84,
reads: “Yue Xiao, the filial”《樂孝+孝》. During the ▪ Eskenazi Ltd, London, U.K. Taipei 1978, Vol. 7, no. 675. no. 14670. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》上海
Warring States Period, several famous ministers of the ▪ Sotheby’s, New York, 7 November 1980, lot no. 2. 2012年版, 第26冊, 第84頁 14670號.
Kingdom of Yan《燕》were surnamed “Yue”《樂》. Exhibited: ▪ Rawson J., The Bella & P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
▪ Sotheby’s, New York, 7 November 1980, catalogue Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong 1988, p. 90 – 91, no. 34. Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
no. 2. ▪ Wenwu Tiandi, 1993, no. 1, p. 23.《文物天地》1993年 Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 128 – 129, no. 79.
▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La 版, 第1期, 第23頁.
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques ▪ Zhong Bosheng & others, Xinshou Yin Zhou Qingtongqi
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 79. Mingwen Ji Qiying Huibian, Taipei 2006, no. 1944. 鐘
柏生等 《新收殷周青銅器銘文暨器影彙編》臺北 2006
年版 1944號.

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