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fig. 1 Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C.: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1954.15
எӬ ᅹߧ‰⧻ワ㱦⯝Ռ⇨g.g㐠ݐࡘ⧻ワ㱦 ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍4

2801 Continued
Archaic bronze Jue are more often found with conical caps on the post 㧩᱁ᦷ卿ᝢऑཕཫ卿Հۃᆨ⛁ᠨ卿࣌ᆨ⭬卿ᝳӲ㙣Ꮩᣥ卿Ӭڬ㉑ᝳ⁇
rather than waisted caps as seen on the current example. Jue with 㲛ࢮ∪㢃卿Ӳᣥᤀ㑷ംᖊǯ᱁⯝ऑᯒ㱈⹳⶟⡠卿⭬㱈㲎㱬⡠卿ս㫥⡠ἃ
conical caps on the post often date earlier than late Shang, such as the ஠卿ۃᠨӴ⛘∪ս㫡㫥⡠Ӭॶ卿ӳ⛘⥴սᆃ⡠ݦॶǯ㢃ݤ㦪ᝳ㩽ᙔǸᆢ
example dated to the 13th century BC in the Freer Gallery of Art and
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery accession number: S1987.53. The current ⎅ǹՀໃǯ
jue further distinguishes itself with the addition of flanges on the body,
which is rarely seen together with waisted caps. For other jue examples അᙇ ⎏⛁ᠨ१ⴷᆨ卿ۃᆨ⛁ᠨߺ⏟ཌ⧎㇦卿ӻ߅→ᛞ㧿㖅ᛮǯ჌ᝳᏙ
with both of these attributes, compare with an example excavated from ᣥ⎏ ߺഅ㇦ᙻਦ卿㇛ॶᛞఫទႡӶᇟ㇦ǯ᫉ ऱᛞݰᝳۃᆨ⛁ᠨࣿ
late-Shang royal tombs in Hejiazhuang, Anyang, Henan Province, now Ꮩᣥݦٖ⁞ᇨ卿⏟⋁⧎㇦ǯऱᛞݰᝳ㊃Հ⁞ᇨ⎏ݯձ׾ຽजࣻ⩠
in the collection of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia ჺᯇࢶ໫㪈ؒ།ⴃਦջᇌឆℳ㪂ࢥᏒ⎉ᓒӬ׾卿ݯ→⻦ᙻझ࢈ԋഒ
Sinica, Taipei, collection number: R001051; one from the Eugene Fuller Ⓔ♾㩴᫓ट㊥㈲Ⓔ♾Ꮢ厎↚༩g༛ࡘ㐩Խ㇛㪿எࢷ⁒㱦Ӭ׾卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍
Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, accession number:
49.200; and one in the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler 厎ࣿᏊᷪ䁗⯠⻦→⻦ⵖ⏇㯀ᅹߧ‰⧻ワ㱦⯝Ռ⇨g.g㐠ݐࡘ⧻
Gallery, accession number: S1987.53 (fig. 1). The first character of the ワ㱦Ӭ׾卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍' 卻ॲː卼ǯⴷᆨ⛁ᠨ 卿जࣻ⩠דߧ‰
inscription hui, does not appear to be found on any other extant archaic ⧻ワ㱦⯝Ռ⇨g.g㐠ݐࡘ⧻ワ㱦Ꮢ⻦ਦջԋឆ⎏Ӭ։卿㇦ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍
bronze vessels. 4 ǯǸᆢǹໃ㠺ַត㇦ᙻݯձ㬪㠩଍ӳ卿ݯݰ㵲्⨒ᝳᇅᝤ㙊Ӭ
The present jue has been included in several important archaic bronzes ᫊⎏Ⓔ♾ǯ
publications, most notably in Luo Zhenyu’s seminal work Sandai jijin
wencun, and in Kankarō kikkinzu, a catalogue of archaic bronzes in the ᫉଍۔ᐂᝳᄑ卿ᝪⶬ㢙ᙻ⧲ᑾℱǶӲջम㞖ᙔໄǷ卿 ᢐࣥថᯎǶވᙣ᧊
collection of the late-Qing, early-Republican, and Manchuko politician म㞖எǷ卿៣ႢടഏǶᬂॶᛞջ㬪㠩଍ȹⒺ♾ ᬂॶ㬪㠩଍⣐ㇺ Ӭ Ƿ
Rong Hou compiled by the Japanese eminent archaeologist Umehara ✙㞒㇝㞖ᙔǮ㬪㠩ⶬהǯ᫉଍ᝪ⊐᥼࣡Ⅷ⻦ǯ᥼࣡卿ᶕ႔㧏⻤ᚐ՞卿ᛮ
Sueji, respectively.
᳖ǮᭆஇǮᶕ႔இᘟᯎ՞⁒ǯᶕ႔இᛞឆ֌ᶕ႔ԋഒ㠤リ㲛֌⥙ㅅǯǶވ
ᙣ᧊म㞖எǷἃ༏࣡Ꮢ㫀Ԡ㬪㠩଍எ㢙卿⊐ᢐࣥថᯎ⤔⦕ǯ

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