A bronze 'dragon' ritual vessel, gui, Late Shang dynasty | 商末 青銅乳丁龍紋簋
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May 7, 03:37 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
cast with deep rounded sides rising from a tall flared foot to an everted rim, the exterior decorated below the rim with three mythical beast masks, each flanked by dragon motifs, all above raised studs against a densely diapered ground and echoing dragon motifs around the foot, Japanese wood box
d. 24.5 cm; h. 16 cm
Hayashi Minao and Higuchi Takayasu, Fugendo Sakamoto Goro Chugoku seidoki seisho [Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Sakamoto Collection], Tokyo, 2002, cat. no. 149.
Compare a late Shang dynasty vessel decorated with studs and leiwen motifs, preserved in the Shaanxi History Museum, Xi’an, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji [Complete collection of Chinese bronze vessels], vol. 4, Beijing, 1997, no. 34. See also a related late Shang - early Western Zhou dynasty vessel, inscribed with the characters tian min fu gui, similarly cast without handles, but with more rounded studs, sold in our New York rooms, 17th March 2021, lot 195.
出版
林巳奈夫及樋口隆康，《不言堂坂本五郎中国青銅器清賞》，東京，2002年，圖版149
簋方口折沿，直腹微收，高圈足外撇，口沿下前後飾高浮雕獸首，獸首對稱飾龍紋一對，腹部以網格相間，每個之內飾回紋及高浮雕乳丁一顆，圈足亦飾龍紋兩對。
陝西歷史博物館藏一件商晚期乳丁雷紋簋可資比較，見《中國青銅器全集》，北京，1997年，卷4，編號34。又可比較紐約蘇富比售出一件商末 / 西周初天黽父癸簋，屬於同類無耳簋，惟乳丁較圓潤，2021年3月17日，編號195。