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Formerly in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, no. 41; also see: Ma Chengyuan , Ancient Chinese Bronzes (Oxford, Hong Kong, New
this socled gui vessel claims a distinguished provenance. And as a York: Oxford University Press), 1986, ed. Hsio-yen Shih, p. 110, Plate 35.
visually compelling and strikingly beautiful bronze with bold 9 See: Max Loehr, Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China (New York: Asia Society), 1968,
pp. 112-113, no. 48.
decoration and exquisite patina, it is art-historically important
10 See: Chen Peifen, 2004, Western Zhou, vol. 1, pp. 68-70, no. 224; Hayashi Minao,
for its reinterpretation of the traditional gui form through the
Yin Zhou Shidai Qingtongqi Zonglan: Shang Zhou Shidai Qingtongqu zhi Yanjiu [An
elevation of the bowl on a square socle and through the perfection Overview of Shang and Zhou Bronzes: Research on Shang and Zhou Bronzes]
of abstract, ribbed décor. This new interpretation signals the final (Shanghai: Shanghai Guji Chubanshe), 2017, vol. 1, Plates, Western Zhou, p. 93,
break with the stylistic legacy of the previous Shang dynasty and the gui no. 101 (translation into Chinese by Hirose Kunio and Kondo Karuka of the
establishment of a distinctive Zhou-dynasty mode. original 1984 Japanese edition In Shū Jidai Seidōki no Kenkyū published by [Tokyo:
Yoshikawa Kōbunkan])
11 See: Hayashi Minao, Yin Zhou Shidai Qingtongqi Zonglan, 2017, Western Zhou, p.
92, gui no. 97.
1 Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (Washington, 12 See: George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New
DC: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and Cambridge, MA: Arthur M. Sackler Haven, CT: Yale University Press), 1970, p. 121, no. 236.
Museum, Harvard University), 1987, p. 521, no. 103. 13 See: Chen Peifen, 2004, Western Zhou, vol. 1, pp. 71-72, no. 225.
2 Chen Peifen, Xia Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Yanjiu: Shanghai Bowuguan Cangpin [Research 14 See: Chen Peifen, 2004, Western Zhou, vol. 1, pp. 277-278, no. 313.
on Bronzes from the Xia Shang and Zhou Dynasties: Collection of the Shanghai 15 See: Christie’s, New York, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 13 September
st
Museum] (Shanghai: Shanghai Guji Chubanshe), 2004, 1 ed., Western Zhou, vol. 1, p. 2019 (New York: Christie’s), 2019, pp. 56-65, Lot 831.
72, no. 225 16 See: Tao Wang, ed., Mirroring China’s Past, 2018, pp. 112, 244, no. 61; Chen Peifen,
3 See: Christie’s, New York, Qianlong’s Precious Vessel: The Zuo Bao Yi Gui, 13 2004, Western Zhou, vol. 2, pp. 455-459, no. 381.
September 2018 (New York: Christie’s), 2018, lot 888. 17 See, respectively: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/61310?&se
4 See: Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987, pp. 520- archField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=gui&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=23 and
533, no. 103.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44514?&searchField=All&sort
5 See: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual (London: British Museum
By=Relevance&ft=gui&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=7
Publications), 1987, p. 78, no. 22; Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the
18 See: See: Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections,
Arthur M. Sackler Collections (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, and
1990, p. 369, fig. 39-2; also see: https://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/0c/
Cambridge, MA: Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University), 1990, p. 26, fig.
c0/36.html
15.
6 See: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42165?&searchField=All 19 See: Chen Peifen, 2004, Western Zhou, vol. 1, pp. 71-72, no. 225.
20 See: Sen-oku Hakukokan, ed., Sen-oku Hakko: Chūgoku kodōki hen [Ancient
&sortBy=Relevance&ft=24.72.2a%E2%80%93c&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1
Chinese Bronzes in the Sen-oku Hakko Collection: The Sumitomo Collection]
7 See: Tao Wang, ed., Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their Bronzes
(Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago), 2018, p. 204, 248, no. 139; Regina Krahl, (Kyoto: Sen-oku Hakkokan), 2002, pp. 31 and 191, no. 29; also see: Rawson, Western
Sammlung Julius Eberhardt: Frühe chinesiche Kunst / Collection Julius Eberhardt: Early Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1990, p. 369, fig. 39-1.
Chinese Art, vol. 1, pp. 94-95, no. 38; Sotheby’s, New York, Magnificent Ritual Bronzes, 21 See: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/
17 September 2013 (New York: Sotheby’s), 2013, lot 5.. gui/693215
8 See: Wen C. Fong et al., The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People’s 22 See: Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections,
Republic of China (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art), 1980, pp. 203-204, 215, 1990, pp. 368-369, no. 39.
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