LOT 13 A BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, GUI Western Zhou Dynasty (2)
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A BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, GUI Western Zhou Dynasty (2)PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品A BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, GUIWestern Zhou DynastyThe rounded body raised on a hollow pedestal foot terminating in a straight footrim, cast below the gently everted rim with a border filled with fire and four-petal leaves patterns bisected by animal-masks in high relief on two sides, interrupted on the other sides by two loop handles cast with C-scrolls, springing from stylized beast-masks terminating with hooked tabs, the foot decorated with leiwen divided by four low flanges, the patina of dark greenish-brown tone, box. 14.3cm (5 3/4in) high; 24.5cm (9 1/2in) wide. (2).西周 青銅獸面紋簋Provenance:Gottfreid (1925-2019)and Helga Hertel(1928-2013) Collection, CologneAn American private collection 來源:德國科隆 Gottfried(1925-2019)及Helga Hertel(1928–2013)伉儷舊藏美國私人收藏Gottfried Hertel (1925–2019), the late Executive Director of Deutsche Kernreaktor-Versicherungsgemeinschaft (German Nuclear Reactor Insurance Pool, DKVG) based in Cologne, together with his wife, Helga (1928 – 2013), formed the Hertel Collection with their shared passion for collecting classical antiquities, Old Master paintings, Egyptian and Asian art since 1970. Part of the classical antiquities and Egyptian art items were sold in our London rooms, Antiquities, 3 July 2019.The cast decoration seen on the present gui vessel belongs to a distinctive type of designs appeared first in the Western Zhou dynasty resembling fire and four-petal leaves, for a related discussion and study carried by the Shanghai Museum Bronze Research Group on this, see Shang Zhou qingtongqi wenshi [Decorative Patterns on Shang and Zhou dynasties Bronzes], Beijing, 1984, p.248, pl.703-708. Compare also to a related early Western Zhou dynasty gui vessel with similar shape as the present vessel, illustrated by Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng [Compendium of Inscriptions and Images of Bronzes from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties], Shanghai, 2012, pl.3862.Gottfried Hertel(1925-2019)是成立於1957年、總部位於科隆的德國核反應堆保險協會(DKVG)的常務理事。他是一位充滿激情的老派收藏家,直到生命的最後一刻,他還在密集地買入收藏。他1970年開始收藏中國藝術,此後在他妻子Helga 的幫助下,收藏領域擴展到中國畫、古玉、陶瓷和瓷器,以及韓國和日本藝術(木刻)。他收藏的歐洲及埃及古代藝術2019年經倫敦邦瀚斯釋出。平唇,侈口外翻,口沿下前後鑄浮雕獸面,對稱兩側飾旋火紋及四瓣目紋,雷紋填地,腹微鼓,光素,兩側鑄獸首耳,而下鑄彎鉤小珥,束腰,四面出短棱,每棱為鼻,兩側飾獸面紋,圈足較高,底部有網格紋,發青綠紅修,皮殼老熟。火紋及四葉目紋主要出現在西周早期,相關比對研究及實例參見上海博物館青銅研究組編,《商周青銅器紋飾》,北京,1984年,頁248,圖703-708。此簋器型可比较一件西周早期耳伯隌簋,見吳鎮烽著,《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》,上海,2012年,編號3862。
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