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Auction archive: Lot number 4

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, YONGZHONG

Estimate
HK$0
Price realised:
HK$402,500
ca. US$51,296
Auction archive: Lot number 4

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, YONGZHONG

Estimate
HK$0
Price realised:
HK$402,500
ca. US$51,296
Beschreibung:

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, YONGZHONGLate Western Zhou Dynasty 29cm (11 3/8in) high, boxFootnotes西周晚期 青銅乳丁鳳紋甬鐘 Provenance: Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman Hartman Rare Art, New York, 1990s 來源: 哈特曼伉儷珍藏 Hartman Rare Art,紐約,1990年代 銘文:福賜眉壽康/其身屯右龠力(一字)于/永令友 Bells of this type were made in graduated sizes to form a tuned set. According to Zhou Li (the Rites of Zhou) from the Eastern Zhou period, this kind of bronze bells were only allowed to be possessed by the Kings, Marquises and other high ranking groups. The inscription on the bell reads fu, ci meishoukang, qishen chunyou, leyu yongming, you 福,賜眉壽康,其身純祐,樂于永命,友, where the first and last characters suggest a continuation to a sentence on a smaller and larger bells of a set. It may be translated as "[someone receiving certain reward, hence making this set of bell] to wish [the King] longevity with blessing from God, which will also grant the owner of this bell happiness and long life." The form and decoration is closely related to another late Western Zhou bronze bell, in the Shannxi Provincial Museum, bearing the same character you 友, illustrated in Shannxi sheng bowuguan, Shannxi sheng wenwu guanli weiyuanhui cang qingtong tushi [The Illustrated Catalogue of Archaic Bronze in the Shannxi Provincial Museum and the Relics Management Office of Shannxi Province], Beijing, 1960, p.124. Compare a related example of a larger archaic bronze 'phoenix' yongzhong of a set of eight, excavated from the tomb of a high-ranking noble of the Guo state during the late Western Zhou dynasty to the early Spring and Autumn period in Sanmenxia, Henan province, now in the collection of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Archaic Bronzes], vol.7: Eastern Zhou I, Beijing, 1998, pl.16. Compare also with a bronze bell in similar size and design, which was sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 829. 鐘圓柱形甬,旋部飾乳釘紋及抽象龍紋,斡部作鳥喙狀,上飾竊曲紋,舞部飾竊曲紋,鉦部兩側各式三排三枚,篆帶飾簡化雙龍紋,銑部正中飾陰線鳳鳥紋一對,于呈彎月,鐘壁均勻無音脊,正面鉦部及左鼓鑄銘文,連讀可釋為:福賜眉壽康,其身純祐,龠力(一字,樂)于永命,友。 銘文前後似不完整,當與一組其他鐘身上之銘文連讀方成全文。推測福字前面於當有數字位於同組較大一鐘,「賜眉壽康」,意為得此賞賜於是祝願長壽康寧。「其」字之上似乎又有筆畫,不真確,暫不釋讀。「屯右」即「純祐」,意為厚祐,祐本有神助之意,有些學者引申理解神助為福;《國語·晉語四》 :「文武具,厚之至也。故曰屯」,純祐即是厚福之意,相關討論見陳佩芬撰,《繁卣、走馬鼎及梁其鐘銘文詮釋》,載於《陳佩芬青銅器論集》,上海,2016年,頁41-42。龠力(一字),音龠從力,假借為樂。龠為管樂器,龠力于永命,即樂於永命。樂於神助之厚福,可作樂天長命解。《周易·繫辭上》有「樂天知命故不憂」之句。友字後當有他句,此處不解。 此件鐘紋飾及形制與陝西省博物館藏一件西周晚期倗友鐘頗似,年代當相近,見陝西省博物館及陝西省文物管理委員會編,《陝西省博物館陝西省文物管理委員會藏青銅器圖釋》,北京,1960年,頁124。又可比較一件河南省文物考古研究所藏西周晚期至西周早期之鳳紋甬鐘,器型稍大而形制及紋飾頗類,見《中國青銅器全集》,北京,1998年,圖版16。紐約佳士得售出一件西周晚期青銅甬鐘亦資參考,2010年9月16日,拍品編號829。

Auction archive: Lot number 4
Auction:
Datum:
22 Aug 2022 - 30 Aug 2022
Auction house:
Bonhams London
22 – 30 August 2022 | Hong Kong, Admiralty
Beschreibung:

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, YONGZHONGLate Western Zhou Dynasty 29cm (11 3/8in) high, boxFootnotes西周晚期 青銅乳丁鳳紋甬鐘 Provenance: Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman Hartman Rare Art, New York, 1990s 來源: 哈特曼伉儷珍藏 Hartman Rare Art,紐約,1990年代 銘文:福賜眉壽康/其身屯右龠力(一字)于/永令友 Bells of this type were made in graduated sizes to form a tuned set. According to Zhou Li (the Rites of Zhou) from the Eastern Zhou period, this kind of bronze bells were only allowed to be possessed by the Kings, Marquises and other high ranking groups. The inscription on the bell reads fu, ci meishoukang, qishen chunyou, leyu yongming, you 福,賜眉壽康,其身純祐,樂于永命,友, where the first and last characters suggest a continuation to a sentence on a smaller and larger bells of a set. It may be translated as "[someone receiving certain reward, hence making this set of bell] to wish [the King] longevity with blessing from God, which will also grant the owner of this bell happiness and long life." The form and decoration is closely related to another late Western Zhou bronze bell, in the Shannxi Provincial Museum, bearing the same character you 友, illustrated in Shannxi sheng bowuguan, Shannxi sheng wenwu guanli weiyuanhui cang qingtong tushi [The Illustrated Catalogue of Archaic Bronze in the Shannxi Provincial Museum and the Relics Management Office of Shannxi Province], Beijing, 1960, p.124. Compare a related example of a larger archaic bronze 'phoenix' yongzhong of a set of eight, excavated from the tomb of a high-ranking noble of the Guo state during the late Western Zhou dynasty to the early Spring and Autumn period in Sanmenxia, Henan province, now in the collection of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Archaic Bronzes], vol.7: Eastern Zhou I, Beijing, 1998, pl.16. Compare also with a bronze bell in similar size and design, which was sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 829. 鐘圓柱形甬,旋部飾乳釘紋及抽象龍紋,斡部作鳥喙狀,上飾竊曲紋,舞部飾竊曲紋,鉦部兩側各式三排三枚,篆帶飾簡化雙龍紋,銑部正中飾陰線鳳鳥紋一對,于呈彎月,鐘壁均勻無音脊,正面鉦部及左鼓鑄銘文,連讀可釋為:福賜眉壽康,其身純祐,龠力(一字,樂)于永命,友。 銘文前後似不完整,當與一組其他鐘身上之銘文連讀方成全文。推測福字前面於當有數字位於同組較大一鐘,「賜眉壽康」,意為得此賞賜於是祝願長壽康寧。「其」字之上似乎又有筆畫,不真確,暫不釋讀。「屯右」即「純祐」,意為厚祐,祐本有神助之意,有些學者引申理解神助為福;《國語·晉語四》 :「文武具,厚之至也。故曰屯」,純祐即是厚福之意,相關討論見陳佩芬撰,《繁卣、走馬鼎及梁其鐘銘文詮釋》,載於《陳佩芬青銅器論集》,上海,2016年,頁41-42。龠力(一字),音龠從力,假借為樂。龠為管樂器,龠力于永命,即樂於永命。樂於神助之厚福,可作樂天長命解。《周易·繫辭上》有「樂天知命故不憂」之句。友字後當有他句,此處不解。 此件鐘紋飾及形制與陝西省博物館藏一件西周晚期倗友鐘頗似,年代當相近,見陝西省博物館及陝西省文物管理委員會編,《陝西省博物館陝西省文物管理委員會藏青銅器圖釋》,北京,1960年,頁124。又可比較一件河南省文物考古研究所藏西周晚期至西周早期之鳳紋甬鐘,器型稍大而形制及紋飾頗類,見《中國青銅器全集》,北京,1998年,圖版16。紐約佳士得售出一件西周晚期青銅甬鐘亦資參考,2010年9月16日,拍品編號829。

Auction archive: Lot number 4
Auction:
Datum:
22 Aug 2022 - 30 Aug 2022
Auction house:
Bonhams London
22 – 30 August 2022 | Hong Kong, Admiralty
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