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拍品 35
  • 35

商晚期 公元前十三至十二世紀 青銅饕餮紋觚

估價
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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描述

  • Bronze
銘文:
亞木守

來源

美國海軍上校 S. N. Ferris Luboshez(1896-1984年)收藏,福爾斯徹奇,維珍利亞
倫敦蘇富比1977年3月29日,拍品編號171
倫敦蘇富比1980年4月15日,拍品編號18
倫敦佳士得1981年12月16日,拍品編號314
葉義醫生收藏
香港蘇富比1984年11月19日,拍品編號2

出版

汪濤及劉雨,《流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄》,上海,2005年,編號225
陳夢家,《殷虛卜辭綜述》,東京,1977年,編號A481 (R149)
林巳奈夫,《殷周時代青銅器の研究·殷周青銅器綜覽》,東京,1984年,第1卷,觚,編號127

Condition

Under x ray examination the piece is in overall good condition. There is one chaplet to the base.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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拍品資料及來源

The present vase is distinguished by its fine proportions and crisp, even casting. A similar vase to the present is illustrated in Robert W. Bagley, Shang Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987, p. 255, no. 38. Another with the same bands of decoration in the Palace Museum, is illustrated in Bronzes in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1999, no. 43. 

Sold at auction in our London rooms 29th March, 1977, lot 171, the gu was offered as one of a selection of seventeen pieces from  the famous collection of Captain and Mrs. S. N. Ferris Luboshez. A lawyer and inventor who held numerous patents, Luboshez served in the US Navy during World War II and ended his tour of duty as a Central Field Commissioner based primarily in Shanghai.  It was during his four years living in China from roughly 1945-1949 that he collected a large group of early ceramics from the Han and Tang dynasties as well as Shang and Zhou dynasty bronzes. It was through his official position that he gained access to many fine pieces which he purchased in Shanghai, Beijing and on frequent trips to Japan. For further reading on Luboshez see Jane Tilley Griffen, 'The Luboshez Collection', Arts of Asia, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1927.

The vessel was also in the collection of Dr. Ip Yee who was a legendary figure in the art circles of Hong Kong.  He was interested in a wide range of art and formed a vast and important collection. He generously donated many objects to Chinese museums, and, after his death, his collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in Hong Kong in 1984, to benefit numerous children's charities and museums.  He was instrumental in the organizations of several seminal exhibitions such as the Chinese Bamboo Carving (HK Museum of Art, 1978), An Anthology of Chinese Ceramics (HK Museum of Art, 1980) and Chinese Jade Carving (HK Museum of Art, 1983).