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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, FANGYISouthern Song Dynasty Of well cast slightly tapering rectangular form, the decoration divided into three sections, each filled with repeating squares encircling hui dragons, vertically separated by narrow, notched flanges at the corners, and supported on a hollow foot with arched apertures at the centre of each side, the reddish-brown surface lightly encrusted with malachite and some scattered azurite, stand. 12cm (4 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes南宋 青銅仿古虺紋方彝 Provenance: An Asian private collection 來源: 亞洲私人收藏 The shape of the present ritual wine vessel derives from late Shang and early Western Zhou dynasties bronzes, and the decoration shows influence from the Warring States period, see for example the shape of a Zhou dynasty Yiyou fangyi, illustrated in Bogu tulu (Illustrated Catalogue of Antiques), Ming dynasty, Boruzhai edition, Wanli 16th year (1588), vol.8, p.15; and a late Shang dynasty archaic bronze ritual fangyi sold in these rooms, 30 August 2022, lot 6. Compare the hui dragon patterns with a Wangziwu si bronze ding vessel illustrated in the Northern Song dynasty Kaogutu (Catalogue of Illustrated Antiques), in an early Ming dynasty edition in the Harvard University collection, vol.2, p.20. 方彝方唇，直壁向下略收於圈足，上下分三層，頸、身、圈足，四棱及每面正中出戟，每面飾小方格，格內飾虺龍紋，圈足前後中間出壸門。 方彝流行於商代晚期及西周早期，為禮器中的至高級酒器，惟出高級墓葬，且一般一墓儘出一件。宋代金石學興起，上至皇帝，下至士大夫皆篤力收藏、研究乃至複製商周青銅禮器，又出版一系列金石刊物，最著名者有宋徽宗下令編訂《博古圖錄》，呂大臨編訂之《考古圖》，朱熹之《紹熙州縣釋奠儀圖》等。此類金石刊物亦成為複製古器之主要參考，本件或取形自《博古圖錄》中一件周乙酉方彝，見《博古圖錄》，明萬曆十六年（1588）泊如齋刊本，卷8，頁15。 此件器型取自商代晚期及西周早期青銅方彝，而紋飾又有戰國時期風格。方彝形制可參考邦瀚斯香港售出一件商代晚期青銅獸面紋方彜，2022年8月30日，拍品編號6。本件虺龍紋與北宋呂大臨《考古圖》著錄一件王子吳飼鼎極為相似，見《博古圖》，哈佛大學藏明初刊本，卷2，頁20。