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AN INSCRIBED ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE 西周 青銅提樑卣
VESSEL AND COVER, YOU 來源
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 B.C.) 重要歐洲私人舊藏，於 1958 年前入藏
The pear-shaped body is elegantly cast with a band of straps and 倫敦佳士得，2014 年 5 月 13 日，拍品 411 號
diamond-shaped rivet below a band of confronting archaic birds
on a scroll ground, facing a raised mythical beast head, framed by 此器造型與裝飾與上海博物館所藏西周同類器相似，並皆有獸紋銅蓋，
an arched handle cast with stylised linear design terminating in two 參見《上海博物館所藏青銅器》，香港藝術館，1983 年，頁 90-91，圖
raised animal heads. The domed cover is decorated with a further 27。關於此類裝飾風格之討論，參見René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé 《Bronze
band of confronting birds below an oval finial. The interior is cast Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection》，三藩市，1977年，
with a six-character inscription. 頁 100。另比較一件造型、紋飾類似的青銅卣，見 J. Rawson in 《Western
13√ in. (35.3 cm.) high overall Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections》, vol. IIB, The
Arthur M. Sackler Foundation，1990 年，頁 448-49，編號 67。
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000
此器腹底鑄有銘文六字，但無法辨識。附有德國法蘭克福工藝美術博物
PROVENANCE 館開具之鑒定證書，證書日期 1958 年 9 月 14 日（圖一）。
A distinguished private European collection amassed before 1958
Sold at Christie’s London, 13 May 2014, lot 411
The present you can be compared to a very similarly shaped you dated
to the early Western Zhou period, also decorated with the ‘stripes
and rivets’ design and a domed cover with animal head-finials, in the
collection of the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Ancient Chinese
Bronzes in the Collection of the Shanghai Museum, Hong Kong, 1983,
p. 90-91, pl. 27. A detailed discussion of this style of decoration is
provided by René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé in Bronze Vessels of Ancient
China in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p. 100.
Another you vessel of similar shape, design and dating is illustrated by
J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections, vol. IIB, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 448-
49, no. 67.
The present lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, am Main, dated 14 September,
1958 (fig. 1).

(inscription 銘文) (detail 細部) fig. 1
圖一
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