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壺口一周鑄六貫耳,每耳正中鑄一字,分別為六
           藝:禮、樂、射、御、書、數,雷紋為地,頸部
           分三段,以圓棱一周分隔,上段光素,中間前
           後穿孔鏤空,下端飾仿古蕉葉紋,圓鼓腹,出四
           戟,戟矮平而闊,兩戟穿銅錢形孔,束腰飾蕉葉
           紋,圈足分兩層。
           貫耳所鑄六藝為古代儒生必修之六門技藝,可脫
           胎於西周貴族教育之六門科目,即《周禮·地
           官·保氏》所謂:「養國子以道,乃教之六藝:
           一曰五禮、二曰六樂、三曰五射、四曰五御、五
           曰六書、六曰九數」。其中禮分五禮(吉、凶、
           賓、軍、嘉);樂分六樂(雲門、大咸、大韶、
           大夏、大鑊、大武);射分五射(白矢、參連、
           剡注、襄尺、井儀);御有五御(鳴和鸞、逐水
           曲、過君表、舞交衢、逐禽左),書有六書(象
           形、指事、會意、形聲、轉注、假借)、數有九
           數(方田、粟米、差分、少廣、商功、均輸、方
           程、盈不足、旁要)。宋儒如司馬光將儒家規範
           引入投壺遊戲之後,投壺從單純遊戲脫演成為儒
           家修身的道器。明代汪禔在《投壺儀節》中言
           投壺可另諸生倦暇時「暢精神,蕩血脈」,乃
           復古之一端,見明汪禔撰,《投壺儀節》,北
           京,1985年,頁3-4。
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           A BRONZE 'BAGUA' ARROW VASE, TOUHU
           Yuan/Ming Dynasty
           The compressed globular body raised on a tiered
           spreading foot cast with a broad diamond-pattern
           band, the tall slender neck flanked with two lug
           handles and all decorated with diamond-pattern
           bands, the neck adorned on both sides with a pair
           of playful chilong, the shoulder cast with trigram
           motifs in relief. 48.7cm (19 1/8in) high, 5kg.

           HKD70,000 - 100,000
           US$8,900 - 13,000
           元/明 銅螭龍八卦紋雙貫耳投壺

           Provenance:
           The Brian Harkins Collection
           來源:
           布萊恩·哈金斯珍藏

           Compare with a related bronze 'bagua' arrow
           vase, 15th century, in the Idemitsu Museum
           of Arts, Tokyo, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for
           the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods, Genova,
           2017, p.225, fig.18. This solid vase is heavily
           cast with simple, yet elegant motifs. The neck of
           other typical vases is usually applied only with a
           pair of slender, long chilong with their tail forked
           into two or four rolling scrolls; the present vase,
           however, is unconventionally decorated with four
           stocky chilong, each with a single tail.
           壺圓唇,兩側鑄貫耳,貫耳及壺口飾菱花錦地,
           壺頸前後鑄立體螭龍上下相戲各一對,頸部末端
           起圓棱一周,肩部飾陽文八卦一圈,腹部光素圓
           鼓,圈足修束,上飾菱花錦地,足圈高低兩層。

           此壺體量圓實敦厚,紋飾線條簡潔細膩。一般頸
           部螭龍多前後一尾,而此處四尾,且尾部並不分
           叉,頗為少見。其八卦紋飾可參考意大利熱那
           亞國立愛德華多·基歐索尼東方藝術博物館所藏
           一件明代早期八卦紋銅壺,見D.Failla,《Food
           for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods》,熱那
           亞,2017年,頁225,圖18。
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