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PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ROBERT CHANG ART EDUCATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
拍賣收益將撥捐張宗憲教育及藝術慈善基金會
2976
A RARE AND IMPORTANT ARCHAIC 西周早朝 青銅夔龍紋方座簋
BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, FANGZUOGUI 來源
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU PERIOD, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC 於1971年購入
The body is slightly compressed and cast with vertical ribs below 1984年以前由出光美術館保管
a border at the shoulder framing a central ram head mask, raised 香港佳士得，2003年10月27日，拍品797號
bosses within quatrefoils and swirl motifs, divided at each side
with bovine c-shaped handles. The foot is cast with a pair of 出版
confronting kui dragons separated by raised flanges, all resting on 林巳奈夫《殷周時代靑銅器の研究》，京都，1984年，
the integral square stand similarly cast to each side with further 頁105，編號204（圖二）
dragons on a leiwen ground enclosing a rectangular ribbed panel. 出光美術館《中国の工藝》，京都，1989年，編號23（圖三）
9 in. (23 cm.) high
HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$780,000-1,000,000
PROVENANCE
Property acquired in 1971
With the Idemitsu Museum of Arts prior to 1984
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 797
LITERATURE
Hayashi Minao, Inshu Jidai Seidouki no Kenkyu, Inshu Seidouki
Souran Ichi, Zuhan (Study of archaic bronzes from Shang and Zhou
period), Tokyo, 1984 (fig. 2), p. 105, no. 204
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Ancient Chinese Arts in The Idemitsu
Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no. 23. (fig. 3)

fig. 2 fig. 3
圖二 圖三

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