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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HE The present he was formerly in the collection of Liu Tizhi (1879-1962)
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNATY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC and was published in Liu’s catalogues, Shanzhai jijin lu (The Records of
Archaic Bronzes in the Shanzhai Studio), and Xiaojiaojingge jinwen taben
An inscription consisting of a clan sign, rong, followed by zi zuo fu wu
(Zi made this vessel for Father Wu), is cast on the interior of the cover and (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions in the Xiaojiaojingge Studio). Liu
below the handle. Tizhi, literary name Huizhi and Shanzhai Laoren (elder man in the Shanzhai
studio), was a native of Lujiang, Anhui province. His father, Liu Bingzhang
8º in. (21 cm.) wide across (1826-1905), was the governor of Sichuan province in the late Qing dynasty,
and his father-in-law, Sun Jianai (1827-1909), was a grand secretary and
$60,000-80,000 a mentor to the Guangxu Emperor. Liu Tizhi’s collection ranged widely
from oracle bones to archaic bronzes to rare books. This he subsequently
PROVENANCE: entered the collection of Rong Geng (1894-1983), who commented in his
Liu Tizhi (1879-1962) Collection. Shangzhou yiqi tongkao (A General Study of Archaic Bronzes in the Yin
Rong Geng (1894-1983) Collection. and Zhou Dynasties) that “Liu Tizhi has the biggest collection of bronzes
Private noble collection, acquired in Europe in the mid-20th century, Portugal. among all Chinese collectors in the recent years.” Rong Geng was a native (inscriptions)
Une collection européenne; Daguerre, Hôtel Drouot, 29 March 2013, lot 94. of Dongguan city, Guangdong province, and trained under the famed late
Qing-dynasty Epigraphy scholar Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940), and received
LITERATURE:
Liu Tizhi, Shanzhai jijin lu (The Records of Auspicious Bronzes in the Shanzhai his graduate degree in Sinology from Peking University. Rong then taught
Studio), 1934, vol. 9, p. 30. ancient Chinese and archeology at the University while serving as a
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojingge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions researcher at the Palace Museum in Beijing. Rong has published dozens of
at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, vol. 9, p. 49, no. 1. instrumental books, which became the foundation of the studies in ancient
Wang Chen, Xu Yinwencun (Continuation of the Surviving Writings from the Chinese text and material in modern China.
Yin Dynasty), 1935, p. 73, no. 1-2.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and The clan name of Rong is recorded in Chinese historical documents, such
Zhou Dynasties), 1937, vol. 14, p. 7, no. 7-8. as Shangshu: Zhouguan (Book of Documents: official system of the Zhou
Rong Geng, Song Zhai Jijin Xulu (Continuation of the Auspicious Bronzes in the dynasty), probably compiled in 5th century BC, and Sima Qian's (b. 145 BC)
Songzhai Studio), Beijing, 1938, p. 229, pl. 54. Shiji: Zhou Benji (Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Zhou). Rong clan
Rong Geng, Shang Zhou Yiqi Tongkao (The Bronzes of Shang and Zhou), thrived during the Zhou period and was one of the vassal states of the Zhou.
Beijing, 1941, vol. 2, p. 250, no. 475. The clan shares the same family name 'Ji' of the Zhou royal court.
Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions) , Taipei, 1983,
p. 2455, no. 4407. This bronze he compares closely with another one illustrated by Wu
Hayashi M., In Shu Jidai Seidoki no Kenkyu (In Shu Seidoki Soran Ichi) Zhenfeng in Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (A Collection
(Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronzes), Tokyo,1984, vol. I, p. 209, no. 48. of Inscriptions and Images of Shang and Zhou Archaic Bronzes), Shanghai,
Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese 2012, vol. 26, p. 118, no. 14707, which shares both a similar shape and the
Academy of Social Sciences), ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin same inscription. The same inscription cast on the interior of the present
and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1993, vol. 15, p. 99, no. 9390. vessel and cover can also be found in a rubbing of a he in an album of
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshi zhigao (A Record of Bronze and Stone rubbings entitled Lent Diet and Sacrificial Vessel Drawing, Supplement to
Inscriptions in Chinese History), Qingdao, 2004, no. 1197. Xiqing Sacrificial Vessel by Rong Geng (1894-1988) in the National Palace
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (A Collection Museum, Taipei.
of Inscriptions and Images of Shang and Zhou Archaic Bronzes), Shanghai,
2012, vol. 26, p. 117, no. 14706.

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