Lot 34
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
明或更早 仿古青銅匜一對 帶木座
after Western Zhou origins, each finely cast as deep boat-shaped vessel raised on four stylised feet and with a curved U-shaped spout, cast around the body with three horizontal curving groove patterns under a wide band of abstract dragon motifs similar to key-fret motif below the rim, attached with a loop handle formed by a horned chi-dragon biting the edge, with the same two-character inscription cast in the base of each interior, with fitted wooden stands (2)
29cm long each; 1727g and 1814g
Private collection, Taiwan; acquired from Dreweatts, 19th May 2021, lot 222.
Previously in the collection of Sir William Whitfield (1920-2019), acquired from Storey Sons and Parker Auctioneers, Newcastle upon Tyne, 27th November 1946, lot 127.
Previously in the collection of Sir Stephen Harry Aitchison (1863-1942) from the contents of Lemmington Hall, Northumberland, the house contents sold through Storey Sons and Parker Auctioneers in November 1946.
台灣私人收藏,2021年5月19日購自Dreweatts,拍品編號222號;
前William Whitfield (1920-2019) 爵士私人收藏,其於1946年11月27日購自英国諾森伯蘭郡Lemmington Hall大宅拍賣,拍品編號127號。
出自英国諾森伯蘭郡Lemmington Hall大宅,史蒂芬·哈里·艾奇遜爵士(1863-1942)舊藏。宅邸家居財物於1946年透過Storey Sons and Parker拍賣行售出。
Archaic bronze Yi was used in conjunction with Pan during the ritual ceremonies. It was a late Western Zhou adaptation of the He or Gong, and was continually used in the Eastern Zhou period.