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The Guo Ji Shi Zi Zu Hu, Late Western Zhou dynasty, late 9th or 8th century BC | 西周末 公元前九世紀末或八世紀 虢季氏子組壺

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The Guo Ji Shi Zi Zu Hu

Late Western Zhou dynasty, late 9th or 8th century BC

西周末 公元前九世紀末或八世紀 虢季氏子組壺


cast to the interior of the neck with a seventeen-character inscription reading guo ji shi zi zu zuo bao hu zi zi sun sun yong bao qi yong xiang

銘文:

虢季氏子組作寶壺 子子孫孫永寶其用享


Height 16¾ in., 42.5 cm

Discovered in Fengxiang county, Shaanxi province, in the Qing dynasty, perhaps in the late Qianlong period (by repute).

Collection of Wu Yun (1811-1883), prior to 1872.

Collection of Li Hongyi (1831-1885).

Collection of Zou An (1864-1940).

American Private Collection.


清代陝西鳳翔縣出土,或於乾隆末年(傳)

吳雲(1811-1883)收藏,1872年之前

李鴻裔(1831-1885)收藏

鄒安(1864-1940)收藏

美國私人收藏

Wu Yun, Liangleixuan yiqi tushi (Illustrated study of the ritual vessels in the Liangleixuan), 1872, vol. 7, pp 4 and 5 (woodblock illustration of vessel and inscription).

Wu Yun, Liangleixuan chidu (Letters from the Liangleixuan), 1886, vol. 8, p. 10 (rubbing discussed).

Wu Yun, Liangleixuan cangqi mu (List of objects in the Liangleixuan Collection), 1895 (vessel recorded).

Wu Dacheng, Kezhai jigu lu (Kezhai’s record of collecting antiquities), 1896, vol. 14, p. 10 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Fang Junyi, Zhuiyizhai yiqi kuanzhi kaoshi (Investigation of bronze inscriptions on ritual vessels in the Zhuiyizhai), 1899, vol. 13, p. 19 (drawing of inscription illustrated).

Wang Guowei, Guochao jinwen zhulu biao (List of bronze inscriptions recorded in the present [Qing] dynasty), 1914, list 3, p. 20 (vessel recorded).

Zou An, Zhou jinwen cun (Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty), 1915, vol. 5, p. 50 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Zou An, Shuangwang Xizhai jinshi tulu (Illustrated record of bronzes and stelae in the Two Kings’ Seals Studio), 1916, vol. 4, p. 6 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Chu Deyi, Jinshi xuelu xubu [Sequel to the supplements of the studies of archaic bronze inscriptions], 1919, vol. 2, p. 5 (vessel discussed).

Shimonaka Yasaburō, Shodō zenshū (Complete collection of calligraphy), Tokyo, 1931, vol. 1, p. 198 top (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Luo Fuyi, Sandai Qin Han jinwen zhulu biao (List of recorded bronze inscriptions of the Three Dynasties, the Qin and the Han), Beiping, 1933, vol. 4, p. 6 (vessel recorded).

Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiao Jingge jinwen taben (Rubbings of bronze inscriptions in the Xiaojiao Jingge), 1935, vol. 4, p. 85 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Ke Changsi, Mizhai jinwen taben (Rubbings of bronze inscriptions from Mizhai), Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1931-1941 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Wu Qichang, Jinwen lishuo shuzheng (Critical examination of calendars in bronze inscriptions), Shanghai, 1934, vol. 5, p. 31 (vessel recorded).

Guo Moruo, Liang Zhou jinwenci daxi tulu kaoshi (Illustrated record and investigation of the great corpus of bronze inscriptions of the two Zhou periods), Tokyo, 1935, tubian, fig. 185, lubian, p. 231 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Three Dynasties), Beijing, 1937, vol. 12, p. 16 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

John Calvin Ferguson, Lidai zhulu jijin mu (List of bronzes in ancient records), Shanghai, 1937, p. 218 (vessel recorded).

Rong Geng, Shang Zhou yiqi tongkao (A comprehensive study of Shang and Zhou ritual vessels), Beijing, 1941, fig. 729 (vessel illustrated).

Shirakawa Shizuka, Kimbun no sekai (General interpretation of bronze inscriptions), Tokyo, 1964, vol. 4, p. 61 top (vessel illustrated).

Zhou Fagao, Sandai jijin wencun zhulu biao (List of surviving bronze inscriptions from the Three Dynasties), Taipei, 1977, vol. 2, p. 441 (vessel recorded).

Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jianmu (Concise list of recorded bronze inscriptions), Beijing, 1981, p. 303, no. 5244 (vessel recorded).

Guwenzi yanjiu (Study of ancient characters), Beijing, 1982, vol. 7, p. 155 (vessel discussed).

Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji (Corpus of bronze inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, no. 5748 (woodblock illustration of vessel and rubbing of inscription).

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yin Zhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions), Beijing, 1984, no. 9655 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Tang Lan, Xi Zhou qingtong qi mingwen fendai shizheng (Chronological examination of important Western Zhou bronze inscriptions), Beijing, 1986, appendix 2, p. 517 (vessel recorded).

Li Feng, ‘Guo guo mudi tongqiqun de fenqi ji xiangguan wenti (Dating of the bronzes from the Guo state tombs and related questions)’, Kaogu, Beijing, no. 11, 1988, p. 1042 (vessel discussed).  

Wu Zhenfeng, Shaanxi jinwen huibian (Corpus of bronze inscriptions from Shaanxi province), Xi’an, 1989, vol. 2, p. 690 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Tang Funian, Xi Zhou qingtong qi mingwen fendai shizheng qi yingji (Illustrations of the vessels [included] in Chronological Examination of Important Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1993, p. 109, no. 365 (vessel illustrated).

Wang Bin, ed., Guo guo mudi de faxian yu yanjiu (The discovery and study of the archaeological sites of the Guo state), Beijing, 2000, p. 30 (vessel discussed).

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ed., Yinzhou jinwen jichengshiwen (Interpretations of the compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions), Hong Kong, 2001, vol. 5, no. 9655 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Guo Moruo quanji (The complete collection of works by Guo Moruo), Beijing, vol. 7, 2002, pp 119 and 620 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Wu Zhenfeng, Jinwen renming huibian (Compilation of the names from bronze inscriptions), Beijing, 2006, 379 (vessel discussed).

Liang Ningsen and Zheng Jianying, Guo guo yanjiu (Study of the Guo state), Zhengzhou, 2007, pp 95 and 96 (vessel and inscription discussed).

Liu Yu, Shang Zhou jinwen zhulu zongbiao (Comprehensive list of recorded Shang and Zhou bronze inscriptions), Beijing, 2008, no. 10549 (vessel recorded).

Huo Yanru & Xin Yihua, Shang Zhou jinwen bian. Baoji chutu qingtong qi mingwen jicheng (List of Shang and Zhou bronze inscriptions. Compendium of important inscriptions on bronzes excavated in Baoji), Xi’an, 2009, no. 662 (rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Rong Geng xueshu zhuzuo quanji (The complete collection of the academic works by Rong Geng), Beijing, vol. 8, 2011, p. 386 (vessel illustrated).

Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtong qi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compendium of important inscriptions and images of bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 22, no. 12351 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).

Tian Shuai, ‘Qiantan Guo Ji shi jiazu qingtong qi jianlun Xi Zhou wanqi qingquan (Discussion on the bronzes from the Guo Ji family and the power of qingshi)’, Sichuan wenwu / Sichuan Cultural Relics, Chengdu, no. 2, 2013, p. 58 (vessel discussed).  

Zhang Tianen, Shaanxi jinwen jicheng (Compendium of bronze inscriptions from Shaanxi), Xi’an, 2016, vol. 7, no. 0730 (vessel and rubbing of inscription illustrated).


吳雲,《兩罍軒彝器圖釋》,1872年,卷7,頁4及5(器圖及銘圖)

吳雲,《兩罍軒尺牘》,1886年,卷8,頁10(拓本論及)

吳雲,《兩罍軒藏器目》,1895年(器記錄)

吳大澂,《愙齋集古錄》,1896年,卷14,頁10(銘拓)

方濬益,《綴遺齋彝器款識考釋》,1899年,卷13,頁19(銘圖)

王國維,《國朝金文著錄表》,1914年,表3,頁20(器記錄)

鄒安,《周金文存》,1915年,卷5,頁50(銘拓)

鄒安,《雙王鉨齋金石圖錄》,1916年,卷4,頁6(器圖及銘拓)

褚德彝,《金石學錄續補》,1919年,卷下,頁5(器論及)

下中彌三郎,《書道全集》,東京,1931年,卷1,頁198上(銘拓)

羅福頤,《三代秦漢金文著錄表》,1933年,卷4,第6頁(器記錄)

劉體智,《小校經閣金文拓本》,1935年,卷4,頁85(銘拓)

柯昌泗,《謐齋金文拓本》,1931至1941年,膠州柯氏手寫黏拓本(銘拓)

吳其昌,《金文曆朔疏證》,1934年,卷5,頁31(器記錄)

郭沫若,《兩周金文辭大系圖錄考釋》,東京,1935年,圖編,圖185,錄編,頁285(器圖及銘拓)

羅振玉,《三代吉金文存》,1937年,卷12,頁16(銘拓)

福開森 ,《歷代著錄吉金目》,1937年,頁218(器記錄)

容庚,《商周彝器通考》,1941年,圖729(器圖)

白川靜,《金文通釋》,東京,1964年,卷4,頁61(器圖)

周法高,《三代吉金文存著錄表》,台北,1977年,冊下,頁441(器記錄)

孫稚雛,《金文著錄簡目》,北京,1981年,頁303,編號5244(器記錄)

《古文字研究》,北京,1982年,卷7,頁155(器論及)

嚴一萍,《金文總集》,台北,1983年,編號5748(器圖及銘拓)

中國社會科學院考古研究所,《殷周金文集成》,北京,1984年,編號9655(銘拓)

唐蘭,《西周青銅器銘文分代史徵》,北京,1986年,附件2,頁517(器記錄)

李豐,〈虢國墓地銅器群的分期及其相關問題〉,《考古》,北京,1988,期11,頁1042(器論及)

吳鎮烽,《陝西金文彙編》,西安,1989年,卷下,頁690(銘拓)

唐復年,《西周青銅器銘文分代史徵器影集》,北京,1993年,第109頁,編號365(器記錄)

王斌編,《虢國墓地的發現與研究》,北京,2000年,頁30(器論及)

中國社會科學院考古研究所編,《殷周金文集成釋文》,卷5,香港,2001年,編號9655(銘拓)

《郭沫若全集》,北京,卷7,2002年,頁119及620(器圖及銘拓)

吳鎮烽,《金文人名彙編》,北京,2006年,頁379(器論及)

梁寧森及鄭建英,《虢國研究》,鄭州,2007年,頁95及96(器及銘論及)

劉雨等,《商周金文總著錄表》,北京,2008年,編號10549(器記錄)

霍彥儒、辛怡華,《商周金文編:寶雞出土青銅器銘文集成》,西安,2009年,編號662(銘拓)

莞城圖書館編,《容庚學術著作全集》,北京,卷8,2011年,頁386(器圖)

吳鎮烽,《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》,上海,2012年,卷22,編號12351(器圖及銘拓)

田率,〈淺談虢季氏家族青銅器兼論西周晚期卿權〉,《四川文物》,成都,編號2,2013年,頁58(器論及)

張天恩,《陝西金文集成》,西安,2016年,卷7,編號0730(器圖及銘拓)