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AN IMPORTANT INSCRIBED ARCHAIC RITUAL 商末 公元前十三至十一世紀
BRONZE FOOD VESSEL (DING) 犬祖辛祖癸鼎
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC 銘文：
the deep rounded body supported on three cylindrical 犬 祖辛祖癸 享
legs, the lipped rim with two large upright loop handles,
the body cast with three large taotie masks with bulging 來源：
eyes intersected by vertical flanges, all against a fine leiwen David A. Berg (1904-1999) 收藏
ground, below a band of six serpents interspersed with 哈佛藝術博物館收藏，劍橋，由上述處遺贈
whorl-roundels in relief, the legs with scrolls and pendent 紐約佳士得2000年9月21日，編號160
cicadas all in intaglio, the interior cast on the side with a 倫敦蘇富比2002年6月19日，編號73
six-character inscription, the vessel with an attractive olive
patina with areas of malachite encrustation 亞洲私人收藏
Height 10¼ in., 26 cm 紐約蘇富比2015年3月17日，編號107
出版：
PROVENANCE
Collection of David A. Berg (1904-1999). 王辰，《 續殷文存》， 卷上，1935年，頁21
Collection of Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 羅振玉， 《三代吉金文存》，卷3，1937年，頁1
received as a bequest from the above. 嚴一萍，《金文總集》，台北，1983年，編號0753
Christie’s New York, 21st September 2000, lot 160. 中國社會科學院考古研究所編，《殷周金文集成釋
Sotheby’s London, 19th June 2002, lot 73. 文》，卷2，香港，2001年，編號2113
Asian Private Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 17th March 2015, lot 107. 王獻唐，《國史金石志稿》，青島，2004年，頁2011
，編號241
LITERATURE 中國社會科學院考古研究所編，《殷周金文集成》，
Wang Chen, Xuyinwencun [Continuation of the surviving 北京，2007年，編號02113
writings from the Yin dynasty], vol. 1, 1935, p. 21. 汪濤及劉雨，《流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄》，上
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun [Surviving writings from the 海，2007年，圖版60
Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties], vol. 3, 1937, p. 1.
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji, [Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions], 王心怡編，《商周圖形文字編》，北京，2007年，
Taipei, 1983, no. 0753. 頁389
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of 吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，卷3，上
Social Sciences, ed., Yin Zhou jinwen jicheng shiwen 海，2012年，編號01499
[Interpretations of the compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze 嚴志斌編，《商代青銅器銘文分期斷代研究》，北
inscriptions], vol. 2, Hong Kong, 2001, no. 2113.
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshizhi gao [Manuscript of archaic 京，2014年，頁340，編號0865-02113及頁1019，編
bronze in Chinese history], Qingdao, 2004, p. 2011, no. 241. 號0865
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, ed., Yin Zhou jinwen jicheng [Compendium of Yin
and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2007, no. 02113.
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes
with Inscriptions from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Sales,
Shanghai, 2007, pl. 60.
Wang Xinyi, ed., Shangzhou tuxingwenzi bian [Catalogue of
pictograms from the Shang and Zhou dynasties], Beijing,
2007, p. 389.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang
jicheng [Compendium of inscriptions and images of bronzes
from Shang and Zhou dynasties], vol. 3, Shanghai, 2012, no.
01499.
Yan Zhibin, ed., Shangdai qingtongqi mingwen fenqi duandai
yanjiu / The Dating Study of Bronze Inscriptions of the Shang
Dynasty, vol. 1, Beijing, 2014, p. 340, no. 0865-02113 and vol.
2, p. 1019, no. 0865.
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