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拍品專文
The fanglei or "square lei" is one of the rarest vessel types among the Eastern Zhou ritual paraphernalia. A Warring States fanglei of very similar form, but decorated with rectangular panels enclosing dense dragon pattern, was found in Sanmenxia City, Henan province, and is illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan: Qingtong juan (Compendium of Treasures of Chinese Cultural Relics: Archaic Bronzes), Hong Kong, 1994, p. 247, no. 886. A Warring States inlaid fanglei with masks suspending ring handles in the Miho Museum is illustrated in Catalogue of the Miho Museum (The South Wing), 1997, pp. 184-5, no. 87. Compare, also, a pair of fanglei of similar form found in the early Warring States tomb of Zenghou Yi (Marquis Yi of the Zeng State) together with fitted bronze jian basins, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji (The Complete Collection of Chinese Bronzes), Beijing, 1998, vol. 10, pp. 132-33.
The geometric design filled with malachite inlay found on this vessel is a fine example of an iconic Warring States period ornamentation style. Two fanghu vessels with a similar design of a diagonal grid framing lozenge-shaped panels, one in the Los Angeles County Museum and the other in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, are illustrated by Jenny So, in Eastern Zhou Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. III, New York, 1995, figs. 110 and 112.
The geometric design filled with malachite inlay found on this vessel is a fine example of an iconic Warring States period ornamentation style. Two fanghu vessels with a similar design of a diagonal grid framing lozenge-shaped panels, one in the Los Angeles County Museum and the other in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, are illustrated by Jenny So, in Eastern Zhou Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. III, New York, 1995, figs. 110 and 112.