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17 THE JIAN MIN FANG ZUN
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, PROBABLY KING MU PERIOD
cast to the interior with a fifty-one-character inscription reading wei jiuyue jishengba dingchou gong ling Jian Min cong jue you
xu yantu Jian Min ji gao yu gong xiu wang you gan dui yang jue xiu yong zuo Xin Gong bao zun yi yong su xi pei zong zi zi sun sun
qi wan nian yong bao
西周 或穆王時期 方尊
銘文：
隹九月既生霸丁丑 公令 從厥友 炎土 既告於公 休 亡尤 敢對揚厥休 用作辛公寶尊彝 用夙夕配宗 子子孫孫 其
萬年永寶
Height 8½ in., 21.5 cm
⊖ $ 800,000-1,200,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Probably discovered in Henan, circa 1949 (by repute). 或於1949年前後出於河南 (傳)
Collection of Mrs. Walter Sedgwick (1883-1967), by 1954. Walter Sedgwick 女士 (1883-1967) 收藏，至1954年已入藏
Collection of an English nobleman. 英國貴族收藏
Sotheby’s London, 7th April 1981, lot 72. 倫敦蘇富比1981年4月7日，編號72
Swiss Private Collection. 瑞士私人收藏
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