Page 72 - Important Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes from a Distinguished European Collection

1511 THE JIA FANGHU 西周早期 公元前十一至十世紀 夾方壺
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND
COVER
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The pear-shaped body is raised on a pedestal foot, and the sides are cast in 來源
high relief with strapwork interrupted by a pair of lug handles on the narrow 劉体智 （1879-1962） 收藏，入藏於1934年以前。
sides. The cover has a deep collar and rounded sides below the crown. A four- 戴潤齋，紐約，1980年。
character inscription is cast on both the interior base of the vessel and the
著錄
interior of the cover. The bronze has a smooth milky-green patina.
劉體智，《善齋吉金錄》，1934年，卷4，頁45。
10Ω in. (26.6 cm.) high 羅振玉，《貞松堂集古遺文續編》，1934年，中卷，頁11。
王辰，《續殷文存》，1935年，上卷，頁64。
$350,000-500,000 劉體智，《小校經閣金文拓本》，1935年，卷4，頁73。
羅振玉，《三代吉金文存》，1937年，卷12，頁4。
PROVENANCE 嚴一萍，《金文總集》，台北，1983年，編號5645。
The Liu Tizhi (1879-1962) Collection, prior to 1934. 中國社會科學院考古研究所，《殷周金文集成》，北京，1984年，編號09533。
J.T. Tai and Co., New York, 1980. 吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，上海，2012年，編號12108。
LITERATURE
Liu Tizhi, Shanzhai jijin lu (The Records of Auspicious Bronzes in the Shanzhai
Studio), 1934, vol. 4, p. 45.
Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen xubian (Supplement to the Gathering of
Ancient Writings at the Zhensongtang Studio), 1934, vol. 2, p. 11 (inscription
only).
Wang Chen, Xu Yinwencun (Continuation of the Surviving Writings from the
Yin Dynasty), 1935, vol. 1, p. 64 (inscription only).
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions
at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 4, p. 73 (inscription only).
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and
Zhou Dynasties), 1937, vol. 12, p. 4 (inscription only).
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no.
5645 (inscription only).
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou
jinnuen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing,
1984, no. 9533 (inscriptions 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. 12108.

(inscription inside cover) (inscription inside vessel)

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