LIANG YI TALKS
King of the Fanglei: A Bronze from the Shang Dynasty
商代方罍之王
Speaker:
Oi Ling Chiang
蔣藹玲
Time:
Date:
7pm
Tuesday, August 5th, 2017
2014年8月5日
Language:
English
英語
Oi Ling Chiang, founder of Oi Ling Antiques gallery and the Chinese Cultural Studies Centre, will be joining us this August to reveal the story behind "The King of the Fanglei", an imposing bronze from the Shang Dynasty (1600–1000BC). This square-shaped wine vessel - comprised of a body and lid - was found in 1922. Through an unfortunate sequence of events, the body then disappeared while the lid went to the Hunan Museum. 70 years later, the body was rediscovered in Japan. Negotiations were conducted to reunite the two but fell through and the body alone was auctioned by Christie's in 2001. This past March, the body of the Fanglei came up for auction again, reigniting the argument and debate on how to reunite the two halves again.
8月的兩依論壇，燕譽堂主人、古代藝術和中國文化研究中心的創辦者蔣藹玲女士，會為我們揭示一件著名的商代 (1600–1100BC) 青銅器——方罍之王，背後的故事。 這件方形的酒器在1922年出土於湖南省，由器身和器蓋兩部分組成。經歷一連串的不幸遭遇後，器身不見了蹤影，而器蓋被湖南省博物館收藏。70年後，器身在日本被重新發現。期望器身器蓋重新聚首的談判進行多次，最終器身部分還是孤獨地出現在2001年佳士得的拍賣場。 今年3月，方罍的器身再次出現在拍賣行，讓這件身首異處的青銅器合二為一的談判和激辯又再次重燃。