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Bronze gu vessels such as the present lot were among the most 觚，為盛酒之禮器，用於商周宗廟祭祀之中。類似商末時期的例子可
important objects used in state rituals of the late Shang dynasty. 見於世界各大博物館收藏。當中北京故宮博物院藏有兩例，並收錄於
Similar archaic bronze gu vases from the late Shang dynasty can be 《故宮藏青銅器》，北京，1999年，頁68至69，編號40及43。台北
found in a number of important museum collections. 國立故宮博物院的一例，為安陽中期至後期器物，紋飾與本器一致，
詳見《故宮商代禮器圖錄》，台北，1998年，頁280至283，編號
Compare with two similar gu illustrated in Bronzes in the Palace 41l。另外一例則由河南省博物館所藏，詳見《中國青銅器全集：商》
Museum, Beijing, 1999, pp.68-69, nos.40 and 43; see another similar ，卷四，北京，2006年，頁67，編號69。
gu dated to the middle/late Anyang period, of similar size (31.7cm
high) and archaistic decorative motifs, illustrated in Shang Ritual 器頸所飾之蟬紋，屬於安陽時期之藝術創新，參閱R.Bagley著，
Bronzes in the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 1998, 《Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections（賽克勒
pp.280-283, no.41l; and another example in the Henan Provincial 藏商代青銅禮器）》，頁229。可資比對的一件商末青銅觚，於安陽
Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji: Zhongguo 出土，現由中國社會科學院考古研究所所藏，並載於李建偉、牛瑞紅
Qingtongqi Quanji: Shang, vol.IV, Beijing, 2006, p.67, no.69. 著，《中國青銅器圖錄》，卷一，北京，2005年，頁118（上方）；
另一相關例子現藏於陝西省文物局，原於陝西省延川縣馬家河用斗村
The blade motif at the neck of these slender vessels is an Anyang 出土，並載於《陝北出土青銅器》，卷二，成都，2009年，頁155；
innovation. See R.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M.Sackler 以及河北博物院藏一件由河北磁縣下七垣商代墓葬出土的青銅觚，載
Collections, p.229. A similar gu, late Shang dynasty, excavated in 於《燕趙國寶》，河北，2008年，頁100。
Anyang, now in the Institute of Archaeology, The Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Jianwei and Niu Ruihong, 香港邦瀚斯曾於2016年11月29日推出一件商末青銅觚，拍品28號。
Zhongguo Qingtong ji tulu, vol.I, Beijing, 2005, p.118 (top); see also 另一相關的例子，同為商末時代器物，2014年3月18日於紐約蘇富比
a related excavated example, unearthed at Yongdoucun, Majiahe, 拍賣，拍品6號。
Yanchuan county, Shaanxi Province, in the Cultural Relics Institute of
Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, illustrated in Bronzes from Northern Shaanxi,
vol.II Chengdu, 2009, p.155; and another excavated from the Shang
tomb at Xiaqiyuan, Ci county, in the collection of the Hebei Museum,
illustrated in National Treasures of Hebei Province, Hebei, 2008, p.100.

A similar ritual bronze wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, was sold at
Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 November 2016, lot 28. See also another
related gu, late Shang dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York,
18 March 2014, lot 6.

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum,
Beijing

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