中国古代四千年のロマン　2018年10月21日 オークション : ホテル阪神１０F

The horse is brown and white, with legs is erect slightly forward. The body is fat and strong, depicting them standing still. There was a figure on each horse, each wearing black silk hat and right-handed robe, and each holding the saddle with one hand. The characters are yellow, red and green glazed, and the colors are well matched with lively and vivid shape. A pair

The kalasa bottle is for washing and purifying one’s hand during religious ceremonies. It is the first procedure in the Buddhist rituals. These types of bottle were made from materials such as copper, silver, celadon, white porcelain, etc. The bottle has an open mouth, narrow neck, slip shoulders, and full body. It is decorated with yellow glaze, green glaze, white glaze that flowed naturally, with gorgeous colors and concise contours.

The plate has a round rim, a white body with shining glaze, and white glaze on the inner and outer walls. The middle of the plate is decorated by a painting of a goose spreading wings, surrounded by ruyi-shaped cloud pattern. The goose is painted with blue, green and yellow colors. The cloud pattern is blue and green, and the color is harmonious, giving a simple and clear impression.

　　爵的流、尾上翹，於口部近流處有雙柱，柱有菌狀帽，帽頂有乳釘狀凸起。器身直腹深長，圜底接外撇的三棱狀錐足。有一獸首鋬，腹身飾雲雷紋和獸紋。此爵通體呈紅斑，包漿古樸優美，極為難得。鋬內有族徽。
The Jue vessel’s spout and tail are pointing upward. There are two small columns at the mouth near the spout, which have a mushroom-like cap. The body is deep and long, and the round bottom is connected to the triangular ridges that form the three legs. It has a handle decorated with a beast head. Its body is decorated with taotie motifs and the patterns of clouds and lighting. Clan insignia is present inside the handle.

　　劍長約62公分，劍體寬闊，中脊起線，雙刃呈弧形進鋒處收狹，前聚成鋒。同心圓劍首，劍柄上有兩凸箍，倒凹字型劍格。劍身剖面呈菱形，表面光滑，刃部鋒利。根據劍格鳥篆書銘文，此劍的佩主便是越國國君勾踐第四代玄孫越王旨殹。「旨殹」，就是越王不光。其中「旨」是「者旨」兩字的省略，讀為「諸稽」，是他的氏稱，「殹」是名字。曰，又翻譯為古，是裝飾字。所以兩面劍格連起來就是「越王「者旨殹」自作用劍。」越王旨殹在位時間較長，國力強盛，故在自用劍的裝飾上也及其華美，所有的越王劍，只有殹（不光）自作用劍的銘文是錯金的。銘文：1.戉王旨殹曰。2.戉王旨殹曰。3.自乍用僉曰。4.自乍用僉曰。

青銅饕餮紋方斝 size ： L:27cm W:16cm H:37cm 商代 有銘文
Jia is a wine container and a ritual vessel. It is typically consisted of three legs, a handle, two columns at the rim, and is cylindrical in shape. Its earliest bronze form can be traced back to Xia Dynasty, or the Erlitou culture. Its earliest pottery form, much earlier than that. Hence it is one of the earliest vessel types. This vessel shape became prominent during the late Shang Dynasty, and ended in mid-Western Zhou Dynasty. In Late Shang Dynasty, as the power of the ruling class grew, the size of the ritual vessel Jia also grew tremendously, with ever more complex pattern and motifs added on top, making Jia one of the most representative vessel of the late Shang Dynasty period.Besides its tremendous size, detailed patterns and meticulous craftsmanship, the most striking feature of this work is its rectangular shape. Traditionally, bronze ritual objects are circular or cylindrical in shape, such as the round Ding Vessel or the round Jia vessel. Rectangular shapes are extremely rare in the archaic bronze world. It is a sign of exceptionally high status. This work has a pair of tall rectangular columns with protruding ridges on all four sides, a feature only seen in massive and top-of-class ritual vessels. It has a wide-open mouth, deep body and a flat base, which is connected to four fully decorated legs. On its handle, a vivid beast head is casted, with exaggerated ears. From top to bottom, the Jia is decorated in cloud and lightening patterns at the rim, dragon and phoenix motifs at the neck, taotie motif at the main body, and leaf and dragon motif at its legs. On the main motif, further detailed decorative pattern is also found, a character of truly outstanding craftsmanship. This work is an extremely important work of art, which carries tremendous artistic and cultural value. A clan insignia is present inside the vessel