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444 AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL POURING VESSEL, HE
SPRING AND AUTUMN

444 AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL POURING VESSEL, HE
SPRING AND AUTUMN

H20cm

Estimates

TWD
250,000-300,000
USD
8,300-10,000
HKD
64,100-76,900
RMB
56,820-68,180
春秋 青銅獸首盉
2023 Spring Auction
Auction
Sunday, 21 May 2023 3:00pm
Venue
7F., No.15, Sec. 2, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei, Taiwan
Preview
13-19 MAY 10:00am-6:00pm
20 MAY 10:00am-4:00pm
Contact:
+886-2-2358-1881
art@yu-jen.tw
 

Lot Overview

盉圓口,直頸,鼓腹圜底,腹一側有流,下承三足。上部有提梁,拱形提梁前端飾以獸首,後端捲曲,彷若瑞獸躬身置於其上。流作獸首張口,耳豎立,雙目圓瞪。器腹上半部寬帶紋一周,其內飾交龍紋,線條曲轉交錯,繁複致密,富有節奏感。腹下置三蹄足,足上端飾獸面,獸面濃眉怒目,威猛懾人。整體鑄造工藝精湛,紋飾刻劃細膩,包漿古樸典雅。
 
盉,是古代用來調和酒與水的器具,與爵配套可以盛酒,與盆配套亦可盛水,常用於貴族祭祀、宴饗等禮儀性場合,盛行於商和西周,流行至春秋戰國。東漢許慎《說文解字》:「盉,調味也。」清代王國維《觀堂集林》:「餘謂盉者,蓋和水於酒之器,所以節酒之厚薄者也。」上海博物館庋藏戰國晚期〈交龍紋盉〉(圖一),其形制與本品相似,可為同時期相似作品之參考。本件獸首盉造形別致,鑄製考究,紋飾繁密,蒼古瑩潤,青綠斑駁的銅鏽更增添古雅韻味。
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