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Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
亞瑟 M.賽克勒（1913-1987年）
Stephen Juncunk III (d.1978)
史蒂芬 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）
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A VERY RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
Late Shang Dynasty
The tall vessel crisply cast with a flared mouth and pedestal foot, the
central section decorated in relief with a band enclosing two taotie
masks between narrow bowstring borders and two narrow bands of
circles, the upper band below a further bowstring band, the foot cast
with a pictogram within a shaped cartouche, the smooth mottled-
green patina with scattered cuprite encrustations.
25.7cm (10in) high.
£60,000 - 80,000
CNY540,000 - 720,000
商晚期 青銅饕餮紋觚
The inscription reads 亞獏父丁 ‘Yamo fuding [made as sacrifice to]
ancestor Fuding of Yamo family’
Provenance:
Liang Shangchun (active 1930-1940s)
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York
Stephen Junkunc III (d.1978), Illinois
Christie’s New York, 21 September 1995, lot 294
An important European private collection
Published and Illustrated:
Liang Shangchun, Yanku jijin tulu (Illustrated Catalogue of Archaic
Bronzes in Yanku Collection), Beijing, 1944, fig.1.51
R.W.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections,
Cambridge, 1987, p.303, fig.49.12
The Institute of Archaeology, CASS, Yinzhou jinwen jicheng
(A Compendium of the Shang and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing,
1984-94, no.7231
T.Wang and Y.Liu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions
from Sotheby’s and Christie’s Sales, Shanghai, 2007, p.234
Z.F. Wu, Shangzhou qingtong ji mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Corpus of
Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang & Zhou Dynasties,
Shanghai, 2016, vol.24, p.131, pl.13217
來源：
梁上椿舊藏
紐約亞瑟 •M.賽克勒（1913-1987年）舊藏
伊利諾伊州史蒂芬 •瓊肯三世（1978年逝）舊藏
紐約佳士得，1995年9月21日，拍品編號294
歐洲重要私人收藏
出版著錄：
梁上椿，《巖窟吉金圖錄》，北京，1944年，圖版1.51
R.W.Bagley，《Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections》，英國劍橋，1987年，頁303，圖版49.12
中國社會科學院考古研究所，《殷周金文集成》，北京，1984-94
年，編號7231
汪濤，劉雨，《流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄》，上海，2007年，
頁234
吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，上海，2016年，卷24，
頁131，圖版13217
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.