拍賣筆記 vol.479 佳士得紐約2026：37.12萬美元售出，西周青銅四足簋 - Christie’s New York 2026, A Bronze Ritual Food Four-Legged Vessel, Gui, Western Zhou Dynasty, Sold For US$371,200

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有1976年以前的傳承，有LACMA的展覽記錄。銘文「公伯作妻X」。價格37.12萬美元，約290萬港元，青銅器正處於極為被低估的時刻，未來仍大有空間。（SACA觀察，2026.09.28）

女史珍藏

西周早期 公元前十一至十世紀 青銅四足簋

EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC

成交價

美元 371,200

估價

美元 60,000 – 美元 100,000

估價不包括買家酬金。成交總額為下鎚價加以買家酬金及扣除可適用之費用。

拍品終止拍賣: 

2026年9月18日

11 ½ in. (29 cm.) across handles

來源

Leo S. Bing 伉儷(1874-1956；1901-2003)珍藏，洛杉磯，1976年以前

紐約佳士得，2004年3月24日，拍品編號109

展覽

洛杉磯，洛杉磯郡立美術館，「Ancient Ritual Bronzes from China」，1976年2月3日-4月25日，編號28

The Property of a Lady

A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL, GUI

EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC

Price realised

USD 371,200

Estimate

USD 60,000 – USD 100,000

Closed: 18 Sep 2026

11 ½ in. (29 cm.) across handles

PROVENANCE

The Collection of Mr. (1874-1956) and Mrs. Leo S. Bing (1901-2003), Los Angeles, before 1976.

Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 109.

EXHIBITED

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ancient Ritual Bronzes from China, 3 February-25 April 1976, no. 28.

The addition of legs to bronze gui vessels appeared in the latter half of the early Western Zhou period and continued into the middle Western Zhou. In such vessels, the legs may descend either from the lower terminals of the handles or from the base of the ring foot. For a discussion of this distinctive stylistic feature, see J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990, pp. 468-69. Two related legged gui, in which the legs similarly extend from the lower ends of the handles, are illustrated ibid., fig. 61.4, the Chen Chen Fu Yi gui in the Harvard University Art Museums, no. 1944.57.8, and fig. 61.6, the Ban gui, after Wenwu, no. 9, 1972, p. 12.

A very similar gui raised on four legs is illustrated in Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies: The Bronzes of Shang and Chou, vol. II, Beijing, 1941, pl. 163, no. 303. In the illustration, the vessel is shown with a domed cover surmounted by a circular handle and encircled by a decorative band similar to that on the body. A further example of this rare type, though different in design, with legs issuing from beneath the four loop handles and formerly in the Qing Court Collection, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 April 2003, lot 624.

The character qi 妻 (wife) in the inscription is particularly noteworthy. In bronze inscriptions, references to a female figure or wife more commonly employ the characters mu 母 or nü 女, whereas the use of qi is quite rare. For a ding bearing an inscription that similarly incorporates the character qi 妻, see the Zhe ding, formerly in the collection of the celebrated Qing-dynasty antiquarian Liu Xihai (1793-1852) and now in the Shanghai Museum, documented by Liu Xihai in Chang’an huogu bian (Records of Antiquities Acquired at Chang’an), 1905, vol. 1, no. 3.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C103215 is consistent with the dating of this lot.