WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, DATED INSCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO 1 BC

細節

西漢青銅方壺
“公元前1年”款

來源

Acquired prior to 1968.

出版

R. Poor, Bronze Ritual Vessels of Ancient China, New York, 1968.
J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, p. 283, fig. 50.5.

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The nine-character inscription cut into the exterior on one side of the mouth rim reads Yuanshou ernian wuku rong siqian [sheng], which may be translated as, "Second year of Yuanshou (corresponding to 1 BC during the reign of the Western Han Emperor Ai); the military storage house can accomodate four thousand sheng (unit of measurement for wine)." The four-character inscription cut into the opposite side of the rim refers to the capacity of the vessel, "20 jin 8 liang."
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 366L39 is consistent with the dating of this lot.