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Very few inlaid fang hu from the Warring States have appeared at auction. Compare one with a similar
‘zigzag’ design at the shoulder, included in the exhibition Chinese Art of the Warring States Period,
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1991, cat. no. 169, sold in these rooms, 11th September 2012,
lot 100. A rare ‘figural’ bronze fang hu, possibly slightly earlier in date and with only traces of the inlay
remaining, was sold at Christie’s New York, 24th March 2022, lot 719. An inlaid fang hu with the addition
of gilt bosses was deaccessioned by the Albright Knox Museum in Buffalo, New York, and sold in these
rooms, 20th March 2007, lot 508. Perhaps the most famous example sold at auction in recent years is
the ‘Stoclet’ fang hu, with gilt, silver and glass inlay, previously in the collection of Adolphe Stoclet and
included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 406,
sold in these rooms, 23rd September 2020, lot 578.

以往絕少有戰國時期的錯嵌青銅方壺現身拍賣會。 美術館（簡稱奧諾美術館）舊藏，售於紐約蘇富
有一肩飾菱形方格紋之錯金鑲孔雀石方壺，曾展於 比，2007年3月20日，編號508。而近年在拍賣會成
《中国戦国時代の美術》，大阪市立美術館，1991 交最著名的方壺必屬 Adolphe Stoclet 舊藏的青銅錯
年，編號169，售於紐約蘇富比，2012年9月11日， 金銀嵌琉璃乳釘紋方壺，曾展於《中國藝術國際展
編號100。另有罕見宴樂狩獵水陸攻戰紋方壺，年 覽會》，倫敦皇家藝術學院，1935年，編號406，
代較本品略早，壺身鑲嵌金石所剩無幾，售於紐 售於紐約蘇富比，2020年9月23日，編號578。
約佳士得，2022年3月24日，編號719。另可參考一
鎏金乳釘紋方壺，紐約水牛城奧爾布賴特-諾克斯

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