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DescriptionA rare inscribed archaic bronze bellLate Spring and Autumn period 春秋末 邾君鍾
the central panel and sides cast with a sixteen character inscription reading Zhu jun qiu ji jin, yong zi zuo qi he zhong, he (ling), yong chu da zheng
銘文：邾君求吉金，用自作其龢鐘、龢(鈴)，用處大政
Height 27 cm, 10½ in.Condition reportSeveral parts of the surface have been cleaned, a very tiny hole to the side, the ring at the top has been off and restored.表面有多處經清理，一側可見一小孔，銅鈕底部經修復。
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."ProvenanceChristie's London, 13th October 1969, lot 160.Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1969-present, coll. no. E.7.16.
倫敦佳士得1969年10月13日，編號160吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏吳蓮伯博物院，1969年至今，編號E.7.16LiteratureFang Junyi, Zhuiyizhai yiqi kuanshi kaoyi [An investigation of inscriptions on sacrificial vessels], 1899, vol, 39, pl. 484 (repute). Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen [Gathering of ancient writings in the Zhensongtang], vol. 1, 1930, p. 3.Guo Moruo, Liang Zhou jinwenci daxi kaoshi [Study of the bronze inscriptions of the Western and Eastern Zhou], Beijing, 1935, p. 218.Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun [Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Three Dynasties], vol. 1, Beijing, 1937, p. 8.Zeng Yigong, Shandong jinwen jicun, xianqin bian, [Compendium of bronze inscriptions in Shandong, pre-Qin], 1940, zhu 10.Yang Shuda, Jiweiju jingwen shuo [Studies of Bronze Inscriptions in the Jiweiju Studio], 1952, pl. 234.Shizuka Shirakawa, Kimbun no sekai [General interpretation of bronze inscriptions], Tokyo, 1964, vol. 6, p. 484.Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji [Corpus of bronze inscriptions], Taipei, 1983, no. 7000.Ma Chengyuan edited, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen xuan [Selection of Shang and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions], Beijing, 1986, pl. 825.Shangdong Provincial Museum, Shandong jinwen jicheng [Compendium of bronze inscriptions in Shandong], 2007, p. 40.The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou jinwen jicheng [Compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2007, no. 00050.Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng [Compendium of inscriptions and images of bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties], vol. 27, Shanghai, 2012, no. 15175.
方浚益，《綴遺齋彝器識考釋》，1899年，卷39，484 （傳） 羅振玉，《貞松堂集古遺文》，1930年，卷1，第3頁 郭沫若，《兩周金文辭大系圖錄考釋》，1935年，編號218 羅振玉，《三代吉金文存》，1937年，卷1，第8頁 曾毅公輯，《山東金文集存（先秦編）》，1940年，邾10 楊樹達，《積微居金文説》，1952年，編號234 白川靜，《金文通釋》，東京，1973年，卷6，第484頁 嚴一萍，《金文總集》，台北，1983年，編號7000 馬承源主編，《商周青銅器銘文選》，北京，1986年，編號825 山東省博物館編，《山東金文集成》，2007年， 第40頁 中國社會科學院考古研究所編，《殷周金文集成》，北京，2007年，編號00050 吳鎮烽，《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，卷27，上海，2012年，編號15175Catalogue noteThis well-published bronze bell belongs to a small group of surviving bronzes from the Zhu state. Zhu was a small regional state during the Zhou dynasty, located near present day ​​Zoucheng and Tengzhou city of the Shandong province. This small state is believed to have been founded by Cao Xie, who was granted control of the region under the Lu Kingdom by the order of King Wu of Zhou, with the feudal title of Zi.
As the bell would have been suspended from a loop, it is known as a bo or niu zhong. In large sets of bells, such as that from the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zheng (d. ca. 433 BC), bo were included with sets of another type of bell, yong zhong. Bells were important musical instruments of Bronze Age China, as they were used not just for private entertainment, but more importantly, they were the key component rituals of ancestor venerations, formal banquets and processions of the aristocracy. One of the earliest classics, the Rites of Zhou, or Zhou Li, indicated only kings, marquises and other select members of the aristocracy were entitled to possess such bronze bells, which in turn symbolised social status, becoming auspicious gifts among the aristocratic class. The sixteen-character long inscription on the sides and central plane of bell, which may be translated as 'Zhu Jun (Ruler of Zhu) searches/prays for bronze to be made as a bell, for usage at great political event(s)', reflects the adherence to the long music tradition of the Zhou dynasty by the ruler of the Zhu state during the Spring and Autumn period.
Related examples from the Zhu state include a bronze bell, whose inscription suggests its original owner may have been one of the officials of the Zhu court, formerly in the Qing court collection, and now preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the museum's exhibition Story of A Brand Name. The Collection and Packaging Aesthetics of Emperor Qianlong in the Eighteenth Century, 2017, cat. no. II-04; and the Zhu Shu Zhi Bo bell, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong Qingtong Qi/Bronzes in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1999, pl. 258.
According to Yan Yiping in Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions, Taipei, 1983, no. 7000, the inscription on the present bell is recorded since at least the Guangxu period of the late Qing dynasty, Fang Junyi (1815-1889) included it in his compilation of bronze inscriptions on sacrificial vessels published in 1899, which was again published in 1935. Fang was a scholar-official, compiler of the Imperial Han Lin Academy, and renowned collector of archaic works of art, who belongs to a group of renowned connoisseurs and collectors of archaic bronzes of contemporaneous time, including Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), Pan Zuyin (1830-1930), Chen Jieqi (1813-1884), Wang Yirong (1845-1900).