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Yun formed part of an important circle of bronze collectors, which included (1831-1885年)等相交甚好,經常見面或
Pan Zuyin (1830-1890), Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), Chen Jieqi (1813-1884), 通信,討論及交換藏品。據《兩壘軒彝器
Li Hongyi (1831-1885), and others, who frequently met or exchanged 圖釋》記,吳雲將本壺及一件商代立戈父
letters and discussed and swapped pieces. In his Liangleixuan yiqi
tushi Wu Yun noted that he had given the present vessel and the Shang 丁彝贈予李鴻裔(號眉生)。而吳雲從李
dynasty Li Ge Fu Ding Yi to Li Hongyi (literary name Meisheng). From Li, 氏處則獲得過一件鴞首提梁壺。該提梁壺
he is known to have received the owl-headed hu later in the Sakamoto 後入不言堂坂本五郎收藏(「藝海觀濤:
collection (Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gorō. A Bronze 坂本五郎珍藏中國藝術:青銅鴞壺」,紐
Owl Hu, Sotheby’s New York, 18th March 2014). During the reign of the 約蘇富比,2014 年 3 月 18 日)。清咸豐
Xianfeng Emperor (r. 1850-1861), Wu Yun and Li Hongyi both contributed 年間,吳雲及李鴻裔協助平定太平天國有
actively to the suppression of the Taiping Rebellion. Li later also retired to
Suzhou and occupied himself with gardening and collecting antiques. 功,李氏後退休居於蘇州,寄情園藝,醉
心古物。
Zou An (1864-1940), literary name Shilu, the third recorded owner of this
vessel, was equally a learned bronze connoisseur who published several 鄒安(1864-1940年),號適廬,目前本
books on archaic bronzes in the Republican period (1911-1949). His 壺可追溯至的第三任藏家。鄒氏博學,鑑
Shuangwang Xizhai jinshi tulu (Illustrated record of bronzes and stelae in
the Two Kings’ Seals Studio) was the first archaic bronze catalogue to use 賞青銅器學養深厚,於民國時期出版多部
photography in China, which set a new standard for catalogue publication. 重要金石書籍。 其著作《雙王鉨齋金石
圖錄》乃中國第一部收錄照片的青銅器集
Ritual wine vessels of this hu shape first appeared in the middle Western
Zhou period and became ubiquitous in high-ranking ritual vessels sets 錄,為此後的相關圖錄書籍樹立了新標。
in the late Western and early Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC) period. The 如本壺器形之酒器首現於西周中期,流行 A rubbing of the present lot’s inscription in Wu Dacheng,
large set of ritual bronzes discovered in King Guo Ji’s tomb (M 2001) in Kezhai jigu lu (Kezhai’s record of collecting antiquities), 1896,
Shangcunling, Sanmenxia, Henan, is reproduced in line drawings in Jessica 於西周晚期及東周早期,見於高等級禮 vol. 14, p. 10.
Rawson, ed., Treasures from Shanghai. Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, 器組合,為權貴階級所青睞。河南三門峽 本拍品拓本錄於吳大澂,《愙齋集古錄》,1896年,卷14,頁10
The British Museum, London, 2009, pp 38-40. It included two related hu, 上村嶺虢季墓(M2001)曾出土一組大型
with upward-bent trunks to the handles, with further decoration on the 青銅禮器,綫描圖載於傑西卡•羅森,
neck, and with stylized birds instead of the halved taotie motifs seen on 《Treasures from Shanghai. Ancient Chinese
our vessel.
Bronzes and Jades》,大英博物館,倫
Jessica Rawson discusses the gradual development of the taotie motif 敦,2009 年,頁38至40,其中可見兩相類
to the present type of design, “half of a taotie face, executed in narrow Reference books 參考書籍
ribbons of relief and with a single, central, eye,” as well as the evolution of 壺例,作一對長鼻龍首耳,頸上作飾,壺 Cai Yunzhang, Jiagu jinwen yu gushi xintan [New studies of the oracle bone 蔡運章,《甲骨文與古史新探》,北
this vessel type with strapwork from the early to the late Western Zhou, 身作鳳鳥紋。 and archaic bronze inscriptions and ancient history], Beijing, 2012. 京,2012年
in connection with a hu with related decoration from the Avery Brundage 傑西卡•羅森曾以舊金山亞洲藝術博物館 Guwenzi yanjiu, Beijing, vol. 7, 1982. 《古文字研究》,北京,卷7,1982年
Collection in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (Western Zhou Ritual Guo Moruo quanji [Compendium of the works by Guo Moruo], Beijing, vol.
Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D.C., 1990, pp 艾弗裡•布倫達治收藏中的梁其壺為例, 8, 2002. 《郭沫若全集》,北京,卷8,2002年
89-91, fig. 134 and pp 610-14, fig. 95.7). The Brundage hu is one of a pair, 在書中論述傳統饕餮紋逐漸向本壺飾例演 Jia Hongbo, ‘Guanyu Guo guo mudi de niandai he M2001, M2009 de 賈洪波,〈關於虢國墓地的年代和M2001、
now separated, unearthed in 1940 from Renjia village, Fufeng county, not 變的過程,並探討了此類器物上條帶紋 muzhu wenti [Questions about the dating of the Guo state burial sites and M2009的墓主問題〉,《中原文物》,鄭
far from Fengxiang, in Shaanxi province, with the other one today in the 飾於西周不同時期的變化。(《Western the owners of the M2001, M2009]’, Zhongyuan wenwu / Culture Relics of 州,期6,2014年
Shaanxi History Museum, Xi’an, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sack- Central China, Zhengzhou, no. 6, 2014. 梁寧森及鄭建英,《虢國研究》,鄭
[Complete series on Chinese bronzes], Beijing, 1993-8, vol. 5, pp 140-42. Liang Ningsen and Zheng Jianying, Guo guo yanjiu [Study of the Guo
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Another similar pair of hu is illustrated in Robert W. Bagley, ‘Ancient 至91 ,圖 134及頁 610至614,圖95.7)。 Li Feng, ‘Guo guo mudi tongqiqun de fenqi ji xiangguan wenti [Dating of 李豐,〈虢國墓地銅器群的分期及其相關
Chinese Bronzes in the Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Galleries, the 布倫達治收藏之壺例原為一對,1940年於 the bronzes from the Guo state tombs and related questions]’, Kaogu, 問題〉,《考古》,北京,期11,1988年
Metropolitan Museum of Art’, Orientations, May 1988, p. 51, fig. 9, and Beijing, no. 11, 1988.
discussed p. 47, where he states that ‘already in the tenth century BC 陝西省扶風縣任家村出土,距鳳翔很近, Li Xueqin, ‘Xi Zhou zhongqi qingtong qi de zhongyao biaochi [Important 李學勤,〈西周中期青銅器的重要標尺〉,
the taotie had shown signs of disintegration” and that these hu, which 另一壺現藏於西安市陝西歷史博物館,圖 comparable examples of Western Zhou bronzes]’, Zhongguo Lishi 《中國歷史博物館館刊》,北京,1979年
are attributed to the 9th century BC, “show something close to the final 載於《中國青銅器全集》,北京,1993至 Bowuguan guankan [Journal of the History Museum of China], Beijing, 馬承源,《商周青銅器銘文選》,北京,
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Ma Chengyuan, Shang Zhou qingtong qi mingwen xuan [Selection of 任偉,〈虢國考〉,《史學月刊》,開
另一對相類壺例,載於羅伯特•貝格利, Shang and Zhou dynasty bronze inscriptions], Beijing, vol. 3, 1988.
〈Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Charlotte C. Ren Wei, ‘Guo guo kao / A Verification of Guo State’, Shixue yuekan / 封,期2,2001年
and John C. Weber Galleries, the Metropolitan Journal of Historical Science, Kaifeng, no. 2, 2001. 田率,〈淺談虢季氏家族青銅器兼論西周
Museum of Art〉,《Orientations》,1988 Tian Shuai, ‘Qiantan Guo Ji shi jiazu qingtong qi jianlun Xi Zhou wanqi 晚期卿權〉,《四川文物》,成都,期2,
年 5 月,頁51,圖9,並見頁47作者論 qingquan [Discussion on the bronzes from the Guo Ji family and the power 2013年
述:「早在公元前十世紀饕餮紋飾發展就 of qingshi]’, Sichuan wenwu / Sichuan Cultural Relics, Chengdu, no. 2, 2013. 王斌編,《虢國墓地的發現與研究》,北
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的壺例,其「紋飾展現了分解演變的最終 Wu Qichang, Jinwen lishuo shuzheng [Critical examination of calendars in 吳其昌,《金文曆朔疏證》,卷5,1934
形態」。 bronze inscriptions], Shanghai, vol. 5, 1934. 年
Wu Zhenfeng, Jinwen renming huibian [Compilation of the names from 吳鎮烽,《金文人名彙編》,北京,2006
bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2006. 年
Xu Yufeng, ‘Guo guo youming tongqi suojian renwu kaoshu [Study of the 徐玉鳳,〈虢國有銘銅器所見人物考述〉,
names from the inscriptions of the Guo state bronzes], Wenwu jianding yu 《文物鑒定與鑒賞》,合肥,期10,
jianshang / Identification and Appreciation to Cultural Relics, Hefei, no. 10, 2020年
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