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Lot 119: A VERY RARE AND EXQUISITE RITUAL WINE VESSEL,"BUFFALO'',GONG,LATE SHANG 商晚期.青銅鳳紋牛觥

Est: NT$12,000,000 TWD - NT$24,000,000 TWDSold:
Ethereal AuctioneersTaipei City, TaiwanJune 04, 2022

Item Overview

Description

13.9 cm Height, 20.5 cm Length 拍品描述(有附註):觥為盛酒器,象牛形,臣字眼,牛角高凸寫實。牛首、背為蓋,蓋上有一小立虎為鈕,蓋飾獸面魚身,雙目圓凸,鱗紋櫛比鱗次。器腹以雲雷紋襯地,滿飾鳳鳥紋,猶昂首盤旋狀,長冠垂羽,英姿颯爽,透過「三層花」式的裝飾,烘托出華麗的視覺感受與立體感,頸部飾對稱蘑菇角夔龍紋、獸面紋,尾部亦飾一個象人形的小獸面。 本觥一方面崇尚寫實,藉由細節的捕捉(如牛首、牛蹄),將牛的造型演繹得惟妙惟肖。另一方面,藉由多種動物(怪獸)的多重組合裝飾,務令觀者能夠從一中見多,而從不同的角度觀看,皆呈現不重複的獨特動物(怪獸)組合,層次起伏,神秘而絢麗,震懾人心。可以說濃縮了商代晚期青銅禮器藝術的最高成就,儘管體積較小,絲毫不遜於王都殷墟商王、后大墓所見的磅礡重器。 此類牛觥存世罕見,至今不過五件,分別收藏於湖南省博物館、上海博物館 、日本美秀美術館,其餘兩件全身光素無裝飾,見藏於美國哈佛大學藝術博物館、日本私人收藏 。學者研究指出, 這類動物肖形觥(尊)多分布在商代南方地區,有別殷墟常見的裝飾模式,意味著商代長江流域存在一個獨立的青銅鑄造中心,它們具有超高的工藝水平,並且時常與殷墟保有密切的聯繫、共享乃至交換。本觥在器形、裝飾模式、重量與湖南省博物館藏牛觥、上海博物館藏牛觥皆無二致,說明三者為一時一地的產物。而本觥可能是唯一一件可流通的私人藏品。 至於為什麼要以「牛」為造型製作禮器?我們有理由相信,這與商周禮書所謂的「太牢」,亦即以牛、羊、豬三牲為犧牲的祭祀有關,據文獻記載,太牢僅有天子、諸侯有權使用。值得關注的是,在商代晚期的湖南地區,即出土過可以對應太牢的三種動物造型酒器:分別是衡陽出土的牛觥、湘潭出土的豕尊,以及藤田美術館舊藏的羊觥,這應該不是偶然的巧合,可以說明本觥與古代「太牢」祭儀有關。 附註: 1 上海博物館藏牛觥為1950 年代於上海冶煉場廢銅中揀得,僅存器身,目前所見器蓋為複製件。 2 梅原龍三郎藏,見著梅原末治,《日本蒐儲支那古銅精華》,1961,no.266。 3 Robert W. Bagley, ""Shang Archaeology"", The Cambridge History of Ancient China from the Origin Of Civilization To 221 BC. , Cambridge University Press, 1999;張昌平,《商周時期南方青銅器研究》(北京:商 務印書館,2016)。 1.商晚期,牛觥,湖南省博物館藏。2.商晚期,牛觥,上海博物館藏。3.商晚期,牛觥,哈佛大學藝術博物館藏。4.商晚期,牛觥,美秀美術館藏。5.商代晚期,羊觥,攝於芝加哥藝術博物館。紐約佳士得,2017/3/15,Lot 526,成交價:27,127,500 USD。6.商晚期,豕尊,湖南省博物館藏。 出版:允臧齋,《吉金允臧 - 商周青銅禮器特展 》,2022,no 07。 來源:1. 金從怡舊藏(T.Y. KING)。 2. 台灣私人收藏,1988年購於金才記(T.Y. KING&SONS LTD

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Auction Details

環玭琳琅 : 2022 Ethereal Auctioneers Spring Auction: Classic Chinese and Literati Art

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June 04, 2022, 01:15 PM CST

No.38, Sec.3, Jinan Rd. Da`an Dist, Taipei City, 10651, TW

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