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A large archaic bronze ritual vessel and cover, pu
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Heavily cast on a inward curved stand, the slim waist rising gently and
surmounted by a large circular basin, the stand finely pierced with
entwined chi dragon motifs and archaistic scrolls on multiple friezes,
the basin cast with archaistic scrolls in raised bosses issuing four
protruding mythical beast head finials at the compass points, each with
bulging eyes, nostrils, eyebrows and jaws opened wide sticking out its
tongue lapping water, each downcast head framed by a pair of horns
converging to form a taotie mask, all surmounted by a wide domed
cover decorated with bands of archaistic scrolls and geometric patterns
in concentric circles, surmounted with eight evenly-spaced outward
flaring lotus petal finials at the top.
29cm high. (2).
HK$700,000 - 900,000
US$90,000 - 120,000
東周 青銅蟠虺紋獸首豆形鋪
The ‘dou’ shape derived from the ceramic form in Longshan cultural
contexts of the late Neolithic period and continued in common use
throughout the Shang and Zhou periods. Current lot with elaborate
openwork design and lotus petal finials is also referred as ‘fu’, according
to the research by Du Songnai from the Palace Museum, Beijing, see
Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 9. Eastern Zhou 3, Beijing, 1997, p.18.
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Compare an excavated example of a dou with domed cover but with
similar pierced foot and surmounted with a lotus leaf finial on the
cover, unearthed at the old city of Qufu, Shandong province, in 1932,
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in ibid., Beijing, 1997, p.54,
no.51; See also another inscribed bronze dou from Shangdong Yishui
Luijiadianzi M1, dated to the second half of seventh century BC,
illustrated by Jenny So, Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Arthur M.
Sackler Collections, vol.III, New York, p.182, fig.24.5
本拍品器形似豆，淺盤鏤空底，蓋頂飾蓮瓣紋，通體飾蟠虺紋，四方
有獸首為耳，工藝精湛，感覺華美。根據故宮博物院之專家研究，
此類似豆之禮器，自名為「鋪」，為豆之別名。《周禮》：「醢人掌四
豆之食」，豆為肉食器，主要盛肉醬之用。北京故宮博物院藏一件魯大
司徒可與本拍品作比較，該藏品於1932年在山東曲阜林前村出土，
內有銘文，為魯大司徒厚氏作，掌管籍田與山林川澤等事務，見《中國
美術分類全集.中國青銅器全集.東周3》，北京，1997年，頁54，編號
51。另見一件山東沂水出土帶銘文的青銅豆，其蓋亦有蓮瓣設計，著錄
與Jenny So，《Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections》，卷3，紐約，頁182，圖24.5。該藏品缺獸首，底部較簡
單，相比之下，本拍品更為精緻華美，視為重器也。