Page 45 - Deydier VOL.1 Meiyintang Collection of Chinese Bronses

25. Ritual bronze wine vessel gong
Shang dynasty, early or middle Yinxu period, circa 13 – 12 centuries bc.
th
th
商代殷墟早中期獸首青銅觥
Height: 16.5 cm, Length: 21 cm

Inscription: Published:
▪ An identical three – character inscription cast both ▪ Mizuno S., In Shu Seidoki to Gyoku (Bronzes and
inside the vessel and its cover reads: “Scribe Xiang Ji”, Jades from Yin and Zhou Dynasties), Tokyo 1959,
《 冊亯伋》. p. 56. 水野清一 《殷周青銅器と玉》東京 1959年版, 第
56頁.
Provenance: ▪ Kobijutsu, no. 55 (Special issue: Yin and Zhou
▪ S. Kawai Collection, Kyoto, Japan, 1920. Bronzes), Tokyo, March 1978, fig. L.d. 《古美術, 第55
▪ Hirano Kotoken, Osaka, Japan, before 1943. 期 (特刊: 殷周青銅器) 》 東京 1978年版, 圖L.d.
▪ Yashihiro Collection, Japan, 1943. ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
▪ Eskenazi Ltd, London, U.K. Collection, London 2009, p. 58 – 61, no. 25.
▪ Eskenazi G., A Dealer’s Hand, The Chinese Art World
Exhibited: Through The Eyes Of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London
▪ Exhibition of Asian and African Art, Nihon Keizai 2012, p. 180, no. 12.
Shinbun, Takashimaya, Osaka, 1958. ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 24, p. 462,
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques no. 13622. 吳鎮烽 《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》 上
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 50. 海 2012年版, 第24冊, 第462頁 13622號.
▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
44 Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 84 – 85, no. 50. 45