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501 AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL 'BEAST-MASK' VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY

501 AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL 'BEAST-MASK' VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY

H24.5cm

Provenance
Sotheby's London, 28 June 1955, lot 100
Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997) Collection
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-2022, no. E.4.1
Sotheby's London, 1 November 2022, lot 102

LITERATURE
Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan
Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong,
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 2011, p. 43, pl. 2

Estimates

TWD
80,000-100,000
USD
2,500-3,100
HKD
19,500-24,400
RMB
18,180-22,730
商晚期 青銅饕餮紋觚
2024 Autumn Auction
Auction
Sunday, 27 October 2024 4:00pm
Venue
7F., No.15, Sec. 2, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei, Taiwan
Preview
19-25 October 10:00am-6:00pm
26 October 10:00am-4:00pm
Contact:
+886-2-2358-1881
art@yu-jen.tw
 

Lot Overview

青銅質,滿布綠繡,包漿厚重古樸。觚喇叭形敞口,緩斜收斂成頸,腹部較瘦,外撇高圈足,足部底端形成小台,挺拔秀麗。腹部飾內捲角饕餮紋,其上下各以凸弦紋二周,下方弦紋處有對稱十字形孔,圈足飾倒豎長鼻龍紋,除目部突出外,皆為精緻細密雷紋,為典型商代風格。
觚,飲酒的禮器,《說文解字》:「觚,鄉飲酒爵也;一曰:觴受三升者謂之觚。」其從商代早期開始出現,盛行於商周時期,至商晚期器形不斷變細加高,頸部、腹部漸收束;裝飾紋樣則從早期簡單、中期古樸、頂峰時期具象繁密,並開始抽象圖案化。從器形、紋飾判斷,上海博物館庋藏商代晚期〈青銅觚〉(圖一),造型、紋飾與本品極為相似,展現商晚期青銅觚純熟鑄造技術與華美姿態。商周之後,禮器發展成為「禮治」象徵,用以調節王權內部秩序,從而維護社會穩定。細觀本件青銅觚,造型雋秀,鏽色青翠,鏽跡斑駁,靜穆古雅,歷史韻味馥郁濃厚。
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