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拍賣筆記 vol.240 佳士得紐約:西周青銅車軸飾,35560美元成交,1935年倫敦中國藝術展覽會 - Christie’s Ny, A Rare Bronze Axle Cuff, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For 35560USD

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拍賣筆記 vol.239 佳士得紐約:西周青銅車軸飾,35560美元成交,1935年倫敦中國藝術展覽會 - Christie’s Ny, A Rare Bronze Axle Cuff, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For 35560USD / Ornate ancient bronze axe with intricate swirling patterns and a dark patina, set against a plain dark background.

此件罕見的西周青銅車軸飾(即軸銙,axle cuff,在過去四十年間僅有三件相關器例現身於市場。現藏品最早於 1935 年倫敦皇家藝術學院舉辦之《中國藝術國際展覽》上發表。1977 年曾隨同 Malcolm 收藏於倫敦蘇富比拍出(拍品 19),並與另一件相似器(拍品 20)同列。後者極可能即為 1989 年 12 月 12 日倫敦蘇富比「英國鐵路養老基金收藏」拍品 10,現藏克里夫蘭藝術博物館(藏品編號 1990.30)。


舊金山Shorenstein珍藏

青銅車軸飾

西周 公元前十一至九世紀

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-9TH CENTURY BC


成交價:美元 35,560

估價:美元 15,000 – 美元 25,000


拍品終止拍賣: 

2025年9月19日


8 3⁄16 in. (20.8 cm.) high, composite stand


拍賣筆記 vol.239 佳士得紐約:西周青銅車軸飾,35560美元成交,1935年倫敦中國藝術展覽會 - Christie’s Ny, A Rare Bronze Axle Cuff, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For 35560USD / Bronze artifact with intricate swirls and patterns in greenish patina, set against a dark grey background.

來源

The Malcolm collection: ancient bronzes; works of art; early ceramics;倫敦蘇富比,1977年3月29日,拍品編號19

紐約佳士得,1997年9月18日,拍品編號327,後於家族傳承


出版

《國際中國藝術展》,英國皇家藝術學院,倫敦,1935-1936年,圖版12,編號265

《La Decouverte de l'Asie, Hommage à René Grousset》,賽努奇博物館,巴黎,1954年,編號387


展覽

倫敦,「國際中國藝術展」,英國皇家藝術學院,1935-1936年,編號265

巴黎,賽努奇博物館,「La Decouverte de l'Asie, Hommage à René Grousset」展,1954年,編號387


拍賣筆記 vol.239 佳士得紐約:西周青銅車軸飾,35560美元成交,1935年倫敦中國藝術展覽會 - Christie’s Ny, A Rare Bronze Axle Cuff, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For 35560USD / Ancient bronze spout with intricate swirling patterns on a dark background. Appears aged and weathered with a green patina.

此件罕見的西周青銅車軸飾(即軸銙,axle cuff,在過去四十年間僅有三件相關器例現身於市場。現藏品最早於 1935 年倫敦皇家藝術學院舉辦之《中國藝術國際展覽》上發表。1977 年曾隨同 Malcolm 收藏於倫敦蘇富比拍出(拍品 19),並與另一件相似器(拍品 20)同列。後者極可能即為 1989 年 12 月 12 日倫敦蘇富比「英國鐵路養老基金收藏」拍品 10,現藏克里夫蘭藝術博物館(藏品編號 1990.30)。


第三件例器出自 David-Weill 收藏,曾參加 1954 年威尼斯《Mostra D’Arte Cinese / Exhibition of Chinese Art》,展品編號 57,並於 2015 年 12 月 16 日巴黎蘇富比 David-Weill 專場拍賣中以拍品 28 成交。


另有一件帶有細節變化之相似器物,屬 Raphael 遺贈,見 J. Rawson《Ancient China, Art and Archaeology》(倫敦,1980 年),圖版 73。作者於第 102 頁中指出,此件青銅器上的蟠龍紋飾為西周早期青銅常見母題,推測應鑄於陝西地區。


參見《考古》1980 年第 4 期,第 362–364 頁,圖 3、5、6,為此類車軸飾於戰車上的安裝線圖;另見長安客省莊西周車馬坑出土之一例結構更為簡約之器,圖 4(頁 363)。


拍賣筆記 vol.239 佳士得紐約:西周青銅車軸飾,35560美元成交,1935年倫敦中國藝術展覽會 - Christie’s Ny, A Rare Bronze Axle Cuff, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For 35560USD / Ancient greenish bronze artifact with intricate swirling patterns, set against a plain dark background.

Property from the Shorenstein Collection, San Francisco

A RARE BRONZE AXLE CUFF

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-9TH CENTURY BC


Price realised

USD 35,560

Estimate

USD 15,000 – USD 25,000


Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.

Closed: 

19 Sep 2025


拍賣筆記 vol.239 佳士得紐約:西周青銅車軸飾,35560美元成交,1935年倫敦中國藝術展覽會 - Christie’s Ny, A Rare Bronze Axle Cuff, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For 35560USD / Ancient green patina bronze object on dark background, cylindrical with decorative patterns and a central hole, evokes historical artifact.

8 3⁄16 in. (20.8 cm.) high, composite stand

PROVENANCE


The Malcolm collection: ancient bronzes; works of art; early ceramics; Sotheby's London, 29 March 1977, lot 19.

Christie's New York, 18 September 1997, lot 327, and thence by descent within the family.

LITERATURE


International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, pl.12, no. 265.

La Decouverte de l'Asie, Hommage à René Grousset, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, 1954, no. 387.

EXHIBITED


London, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, 1935-6, no. 265.

Paris, Musée Cernuschi, La Decouverte de l'Asie, Hommage à René Grousset, 1954, no. 387.



This rare bronze axle cuff is one of three related fittings that have appeared on the market in the past 40 years. The present cuff was first published in The Chinese Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1935. In 1977 it was sold in the Malcom Collection sale at Sotheby’s London, along with another very similar fitting (lot 20). The similar fitting appears to be the example subsequently sold in the British Rail Pension Fund sale at Sotheby’s London, 12 December 1989, lot 10, and is now in The Cleveland Museum of Art, acc. no. 1990.30.


A third axle cuff from the David-Weill collection was included in the Mostra D’Arte Cinese/Exhibition of Chinese Art, Venice, 1954, no. 57, and was sold at the David-Weill sale at Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December 2015, lot 28.


A similar axle cuff with variations in detail from the Raphael Bequest is illustrated by J. Rawson in Ancient China, Art and Archaeology, London, 1980, pl. 73. The author states (p. 102) that "the coiled dragons on this bronze are seen on some of the earliest Zhou bronzes, presumably cast in Shaanxi."


See, also, Kaogu, 1980:4, pp. 362-64, figs. 3, 5 and 6 for line drawings of how such fittings attached to the chariot and a similar fitting of more simple design discovered in a Western Zhou chariot-and-horse pit at Keshengzhuang, Chang'an, p. 363, fig. 4.

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