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           A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, JIAO
           Late Shang Dynasty
           The deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade
           legs to two flaring points, finely cast on each side with a taotie mask
           detailed with protruding eyes reserved on an intricate leiwen ground,
           divided on one side by a notched flange, and on the other by a vertical
           panel cast with an inscription reading □ xi □, beneath the loop handle
           issuing from a bovine head, all below a band of upright triangles, the
           satiny grey patina with some malachite-green encrustation, stand.
           21.5cm (8 1/2in) high. (2).
           HKD600,000 - 900,000
           US$76,000 - 110,000

           商晚期 青銅獸面紋角
           Provenance:
           A Japanese private collection, acquired in Osaka             Inscription
           An Asian private collection

           來源:
           日本私人舊藏,購於大阪
           亞洲私人收藏







           Although many jue vessels exist, it is rarer to find its evolved   尖唇,兩角飛鳥狀,口沿下飾蕉葉紋一周,蛋形鼓腹,前後鑄兩面饕
           counterpart jiao vessels like the present lot which appears to have   餮紋,饕餮雙目作凸起乳釘,以雷紋填地,鋬作牛首,鋬內鑄銘文三
           been excavated only from tombs of high-ranking officials.   字「□奚□」,腹下承三棱形腿,皮色青灰。
           See a similar late Shang dynasty bronze jiao in the Institute of   青銅角流行於商代晚期至西周早期。宋代《博古圖錄》將此器型之酒
           Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, illustrated in   器稱為「角」,後世沿襲至今,而近年研究表明此類青銅角實為爵之
           Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, vol.3, Beijing, 1997, pl.31; another   變體,且比青銅爵級別更高,基本只出土於高級墓葬,經學者統計,
           late Shang dynasty bronze jiao, excavated in Shandong province, is   存世青銅角總計僅74件,而青銅爵則超過兩千件,見陳洋撰,《酒
           illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Bronzes, Beijing,   禮重光—青銅角芻議》,載於《遼寧省博物館館刊 》,瀋陽,2009
           2002, pl.30; compare also a bronze jiao of the same period with   年,頁122-133。《禮記》記載:「宗廟之祭,貴者獻以爵,賤者獻
           related decoration and more splayed feet, illustrated by P. F. Chen   以散,尊者舉觶,卑者舉角。」鄭玄注:「四升曰角。」然而從出土
           in Xiashangzhou qingtongqi yanjiu: Xia Shang pian, Shanghai, 2004,   稀少的情況及實際的容量,古文獻中所謂「角」當另言他器,學者認
           vol.2, pl.97; and a further example of a late Shang dynasty Tianmin fu   為當是牛角形酒器,如台北中央研究院歷史語言研究所藏一件出土於
           yi jiao, from the Qing Imperial Collection, sold at Sotheby’s New York,   殷墟之商代青銅角,見前文,頁124,圖1,同時著錄於《中國青銅器
           19 March 2014, lot 103.                           全集》,北京,1997年,卷3,編號35。

                                                             此角三層滿工,俗稱「三層花」,可比較中國社會科學院考古研究所
                                                             藏一件商晚期亞址角,見前書,編號31。另可比較一件山東出土之商
                                                             晚期青銅角,著錄於《北京文物精粹大系‧青銅器卷》,北京,2002
                                                             年,圖版30。上海博物館藏商晚期青銅角,紋飾類似,惟三足較
                                                             撇,亦資參考,見陳佩芬著,《夏商周青銅器研究:夏商篇》,上
                                                             海,2004年,下卷,編號97。清宮舊藏一件商晚期天黽父乙角也可參
                                                             考之,2014年3月19日售於紐約蘇富比,拍品編號103。








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