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A rare inscribed archaic bronze ritual vessel (Yan), Early Western Zhou dynasty | 西周初 溫弗生甗

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March 23, 06:46 PM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

A rare inscribed archaic bronze ritual vessel (Yan)

Early Western Zhou dynasty

西周初 溫弗生甗


cast to the interior with a six-character inscription reading Wen Fu Sheng zuo lü yan (Wen Fu Sheng made this travel steamer)

銘文:

溫弗生作旅甗


Height 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm

Excavated at Xianyang, Shaanxi province, during the Daoguang period (1821-1850) (by repute).

Collection of Jiang Aishan.

Collection of Pan Zuyin (1830-1890).

Collection of Duan Fang (1861-1911).

Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 1943 or 1944.

Collection of Sam Salz (1894-1981).

Collection of Janet Salz (d. 2015).


傳清道光年間出土於陝西咸陽

姜愛珊收藏

潘祖蔭 (1830-1890) 收藏

端方 (1861-1911) 收藏

山中商會,紐約,1943或1944年

Sam Salz (1894-1981) 收藏

Janet Salz (2015年逝) 收藏

Wu Shifen, Jungulu jinwen [Collection of ancient bronze inscriptions], vol. 1.3, 1895, p. 60.

Duan Fang, Taozhai jijinlu [Catalogue of bronzes from the Taozhai collection], vol. 2, 1908, p. 60.

Sheng Yu, Yuhuage jinwen [Bronze inscriptions in the Yuhua pavilion], unpublished manuscript, late 19th / early 20th century, p. 255.

Zou An, Zhou jinwen cun [Surviving bronze inscriptions of the Zhou dynasty], vol. 2, 1916, p. 90.

Sun Yirang, Guzhou yulun [Some discussions on ancient seal scripts], vol. 1, 1929, p. 6. 

Fang Junyi, Zhuiyizhai yiqi kuanzhi kaoshi [Study of the archaic bronze inscriptions from the Zhuiyi Studio], vol. 9, 1935, p. 32.

Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojingge jinwen taben [Rubbings of archaic bronze inscriptions in the Xiaojiaojingge], vol. 3, 1935, p. 90.

Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun [Surviving writings from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties], vol. 5, 1937, p. 7.

Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art Assembled by Yamanaka & Company, Inc., New York and Chicago, 1943, cat. no. 213.

Ma Xulun, Dujinqi keci [Reading inscriptions from archaic bronzes], Beijing, 1962, p. 97.

Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji [Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions], Taipei, 1983, no. 1622.

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ed., Yinzhou jinwen jichengshiwen [Interpretations of the compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions], vol. 1, Hong Kong, 2001, no. 887.

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng [Compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2007, no. 00887.

Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng [Compendium of inscriptions and images of bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties], vol. 7, Shanghai, 2012, no. 03270.

Zhang Tianen, ed., Shaanxi jinwen jicheng [Compendium of bronze inscriptions in Shaanxi], vol. 10, Xi'an, 2016, no. 1125.

Zhong Lin, Jinwen jiexi dazidian [Explanatory dictionary of archaic bronze inscriptions], Xi'an, 2017, p. 608 (vessel discussed).

Zhang Zuwei, 'Appreciation of the Full-Form Extension of Collection Lost Value in Shandong Museum', Beijing Cultural Relics and Museums, no. 2, Beijing, 2019, p. 61, fig. 5.


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