Page 26 - Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection

1503 THE PENG ZHOU ZHI 商晚期 公元前十二至十一世紀 倗舟觶
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The S-profle body is cast in relief on a plain ground on either side with two 來源
registers of the disconnected parts of a taotie fanked by pairs of descending kui 于省吾（1896-1984）收藏，入藏於1940年以前。
dragons on each side, separated by a narrow band of two pairs of confronted Nathanael Wessén收藏， 斯德哥爾摩， 入藏於1958年以前。
birds. The tall pedestal foot is cast with two pairs of confronted kui dragons. A 倫敦佳士得，1991年6月10日，拍品1號。
single clan sign is cast on the interior base. The bronze has an olive-green and Bluett and Sons，倫敦，1991年。
pale green patina.
著錄
5Ω (13.8 cm.) high 劉體智，《善齋吉金錄》，1934年，卷5，頁49。
王辰，《續殷文存》，1935年，下卷，頁49。
$150,000-250,000 劉體智，《小校經閣金文拓本》，1935年，卷5，頁68。
羅振玉，《三代吉金文存》，1937年，卷14，頁32。
于省吾，《雙劍侈古器物圖錄》，1940年，上卷，頁75-6。
PROVENANCE
Yu Xingwu (1896-1984) Collection, prior to 1940. 高本漢，‘Bronzes in the Wessén Collection,’《B.M.F.E.A.》，
Nathanael Wessén Collection, Stockholm, prior to 1958. 卷30，斯德哥爾摩，1958年，頁177至79，編號6，圖版10及11。
Christie’s London, 10 June 1991, lot 1. 高本漢、Wirgin，《Chinese Bronzes: The Natanael Wessén
Bluett and Sons, London, 1991. Collection》，1969年，編號12，圖版16及17。
巴納、張光裕，《中日歐美澳紐所見所拓所摹金文彙編》，1978年，編號1266。
LITERATURE
Liu Tizhi, Shanzhai jijin lu (The Records of Auspicious Bronzes in the Shanzhai 嚴一萍，《金文總集》，台北，1983年，編號6288。
Studio), 1934, vol. 5, p. 49. 林巳奈夫，《殷周青銅器綜覽》，卷一（圖版），東京，1984年，觶51。
Wang Chen, Xu Yinwencun (Continuation of the Surviving Writings from the Yin 中國社會科學院考古研究所，《殷周金文集成》，北京，1984年，編號06189。
Dynasty), 1935, vol. 2, p. 49 (inscription only). 王獻唐，《國史金石志稿》，青島，2004年，編號1027。
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at 吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，上海，2012年，編號10224。
the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 5, p. 68 (inscription only).
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and
Zhou Dynasties), 1937, vol. 14, p. 32 (inscription only).
Yu Xingwu, Shuangjianchi guqiwu tulu (Catalogue of Ancient Objects in the
Shuangjianchi Studio), 1940, vol. 1, pp. 75-6.
Bernhard Karlgren, “Bronzes in the Wessén Collection”, B.M.F.E.A., vol. 30,
Stockholm, 1958, pp. 177-79, no. 6, pls. 10 and 11.
Bernhard Karlgren and Jan Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes: The Natanael Wessén
Collection, 1969, no. 12, pls. 16, 17.
Noel Barnard and Cheung Kwong-Yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze
Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American, And Australasian
Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1266 (inscription only).
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 6288
(inscription only).
Minao Hayashi, In Shu seidoki soran (Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronzes), vol. 1
(plates), Tokyo, 1984, zhi no. 51.
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou
jinnuen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1984,
no. 06189 (inscription only).
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshi zhigao (A Record of Bronze and Stone Inscriptions
in Chinese History), Qingdao, 2004, no. 1027 (inscription only).
Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium
of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties),
Shanghai, 2012, no. 10224.

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24 POWER and PRESTIGE IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION