An inscribed bronze archaistic food vessel, gui, Southern Song dynasty | 南宋 青銅仿古獸耳簋

Acquired in Japan.

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購於日本

The prototype of the present lot could be the Si gui of Zhou dynasty recorded in the Xuanhe Bogutu compiled during the Huizong period (1100-1126) of the Song dynasty, which shared the similar form, except the ears, and nearly identical motif. The inscription came from the Meng Jiang gui of Zhou dynasty recorded in the same catalogue.

There are various editions of the Xuanhe Bogutu catalogue since the Song dynasty, yet the depiction of these particular prototypes showed minimal variation. Compare the si gui illustrated in the edition of the sixteenth year of Wanli, Ming dynasty, corresponding to year 1588, vol. 17, p. 3, and the inscription of the Meng Jiang gui in vol. 17, p.18.

此簋原型或出自宋徽宗時所編《宣和博古圖》之周兕敦，除兩耳外，形制、紋飾皆與之同，其銘文則出自同書之周孟姜敦，為當時照圖所製仿古佳器。《宣和博古圖》宋代以來版本甚夥，但此件形象差異不大，可比較明代萬曆十六年（1588年）泊如齋刊本《宣及博古圖錄》之周兕敦，卷17，頁3；及周孟姜敦銘文，卷17，頁18。