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Lot 91

A Rare Set of Inscribed Silver Panels

TANG DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY

inscribed with an excerpt from the Guliang commentary to Chunqiu Zhuan.

或爲唐《春秋穀梁傳：閔公元年-二年》银简

《穀梁傳》又叫《穀梁春秋》：孔子作《春秋》，授之子夏，子夏又授公羊高及榖梁子，榖梁子以己之所學做春秋傳，是謂《榖梁傳》。《穀梁》與《左傳》、《公羊傳》同為“春秋三傳”，并列十三經。自漢宣帝召《五經》名儒大議殿中，《穀梁》之學的研習已有千年。

刻字于簡，在紙張發明後不再是文字流傳的手段，可在一些特殊的祀典中，金簡、銀簡或玉簡還會作爲法器出現，比如出土于嵩山峻極峰的武則天金簡（現藏河南省博物馆），豐臺史思明墓的白玉哀冊（現藏首都博物館），十國時期歷代吳越王的投龍簡（現藏浙江省博物館），宋神宗的濟水投龍玉簡（現藏濟源市博物館），唐玄宗與宋真宗的禪地祇玉冊（現藏臺北故宮），以及近年故宮欽安殿大修中發現的宋徽宗御書玉簡等。

本次上拍的《穀梁傳》銀簡，鎸有《閔公元年-二年》一節，非常少見。這卷銀簡最初于2002年倫敦蘇富比上拍，因爲國際通訊不便，沒有引起太多藏家注意，同批上拍的還有唐龜負論語玉燭酒籌鎏金銀筒

釋文：元年春，王正月。繼弒君不言即位，正也。親之非父也，尊之非君也，繼之如君父也者，受國焉爾。齊人救邢。善救邢也。
夏，六月辛酉，葬我君莊公。莊公葬而後舉謚，謚所以成德也，於卒事乎加之矣。
秋，八月，公及齊侯盟於洛姑。盟納季子也。季子來歸。其曰季子，貴之也。其曰來歸，喜之也。
冬，齊仲孫來。其曰齊仲孫，外之也。其不目而曰仲孫，疏之也。其言齊，以累桓也。
二年春，王正月，齊人遷陽。
夏，五月乙酉，吉禘於莊公。吉禘者，不吉者也。喪事未畢而舉吉祭，故非之也。
秋，八月辛丑，公薨。不地，故也。其不書葬，不以討母葬子也。
九月，夫人姜氏孫於邾。孫之為言猶孫也。諱奔也。公子慶父出奔莒。其曰出，絕之也。慶父不復見矣。
冬，齊高子來盟。其曰來，喜之也。其曰高子，貴之也。盟立僖公也。不言使何也？不以齊侯使高子也。十有二月，狄入衛。鄭棄其師。惡其長也。兼不反其眾，則是棄其師也。

來源：
亞利桑那州鳳凰城Melikian收藏；
紐約邦瀚斯2011年6月11日亞洲藝術精品專場8176號；
倫敦著名古董商Sam Fogg;
倫敦蘇富比2002年11月13日中國工藝精品專場48號；
展覽：
2007年12月-2010年1月借展于亞利桑那州鳳凰城博物館
著錄：
2005年Sam Fogg出版《絲路古卷》

Each panel 8 1/4 x 5/8 in., 21 x 1.5 cm.

Property from the Collection of James and Ana Melikian, Phoenix, Arizona

Fine Asian Art, Bonhams New York, 11 June 2011, lot 8176

Sam Fogg, London

Fine Chinese Ceramics Including Export Art, Sotheby's London, 13 November 2002, lot 48

Exhibited:

Phoenix Art Museum, December 2007 - January 2010

Published:

Fendall & Kwiatkowski, Manuscripts of the Silk Road. London: Sam Fogg, 2004.

Each in overall good stable condition with scattered areas of tarnish.

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Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

anniewu@freemansauction.com 312.447.3260

Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

Flora Zhang

Specialist, Asian Works of Art

florazhang@freemansauction.com 312.447.3290

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