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2024 Spring Auctions > Classical Furniture and Works of Art
Important Collection of Chinese Bronze and Stone Art

1108
A BRONZE MEASURING VESSEL WITH INSCRIPTION

7.6×10.6×30.2 cm. ( 2 1/2×4 1/8×11 7/8 in.)


西漢「宮」字銅量,刻銘磨泐,不能盡識,經仔細辨認,記容銘文當為「六升四分升」,即六又四分之一升。此量容量既非整數,亦非分數,而是由整數加分數構成,頗為特殊。陳介祺曾藏有一件銅量,容量為「八升少」,即八又三分之一升。「宮」字銅量的發現,則為這類量器增加了一件新的史料。應注意的是,兩件銅量的自銘容量,恰構成了一組對比數值,成為考證此類量器量值的重要線索。秦漢簡牘中常見的量制單位一石(斛),折合十斗。若將一石(斛)分為四,則為二斗五升。而六升四分升一、八升少,恰是二斗五升的四分之一和三分之一。這便可能顯示出,這類量器的容值雖是整數加分數的形式,實際仍是在一個標準容量單位的基礎上再加以分數化的結果。而具體分數的設定,可能與糧食或物資分配的具體需要有關。這類量器至今已有二例,新的理解之下,或可增進對漢代量制的認知。
—《新見秦漢度量衡器集存》

Price estimate:
HKD: 100,000 - 200,000
USD: 12,800 - 25,500

Auction Result:
HKD: 120,000

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