周 青銅饕餮紋簋

the deep U-shaped sides rising to an everted rim flanked by a pair of loop handles each issuing from a bovine mask and terminating in a hooked pendent tab, cast with a wide band of diamonds and bosses around the body between borders of kui dragons and taotie scrolls, the upper border separated by a small central head of a horned mythical beast in high-relief on both sides, the greenish-brown patina with light malachite encrustation

紐約蘇富比1980年5月8日， 編號46

The gui is in very good condition with the exception of some minor nicks to the extremities and possible loss to the casting on the tabs at the base of each handle. There is very light scattered malachite encrustation to the surface.
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本簋器形堅實，菱形紋飾清晰利落，出自一組同類高古青銅禮器，製於西周早至中期。Jessica Rawson論述，此紋飾承傳自商朝末期，流行於陝西，大批同類青銅器出土該地，見《Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections》，卷IIB，華盛頓 哥倫比亞特區，1990年，頁370-378。商代晚期及西周早期作例，菱形較小，凸棱高起，而本品菱形較大，故斷代於西周中期。

帶菱形紋飾之簋，可比三例，簋頸紋飾各異，現藏於弗利爾美術館，華盛頓哥倫比亞特區，前述出處，圖版40、41及45。另比兩例，陝西寶雞，圖載於《寶雞弓魚國墓地》，北京， 1988年，圖版CLIX，編號1及 3，前者帶蓋；山西曲沃曲村亦曾出土一例，載於《中國青銅器全集》，北京，1997年，卷6，圖版39；另一例售於紐約蘇富比2006年9月21日，編號 267。