An inscribed bronze sword, the Son of Yue Wang Goujian (early Warring States Period, 4th century B.C.)
An inscribed bronze sword, the Son of Yue Wang Goujian (early Warring States Period, 4th century B.C.)
An inscribed bronze sword, the Son of Yue Wang Goujian (early Warring States Period, 4th century B.C.)
An inscribed bronze sword, the Son of Yue Wang Goujian (early Warring States Period, 4th century B.C.)

An inscribed bronze sword, the Son of Yue Wang Goujian (early Warring States Period, 4th century B.C.)

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Description

越王者旨于赐剑

战国早期 公元前4世纪
Dimensions: 52.5cm long, 5cm wide

尺寸：长52.5厘米，宽5厘米

Provenance:

  • Acquired from Wui Gu Hin Hong Kong in 1989

来源

1989年购自香港Wui Gu Hin

 

The long, tapering blade with median ridge and bevelled edges. The hilt encircled by two protruding discs, set between a circular concave pommel. The bronze sword inscribed with the characters “戉 ( 越 ) 王 者 ( 諸 ) 旨 ( 稽 ) 于 赐.”

剑身狭长渐收, 中脊两侧坡面。刀柄两道圆环，圆头凹面。铭文“戉 ( 越 ) 王 者 ( 諸 ) 旨 ( 稽 ) 于 赐。

This sword is attributed to Luying (鹿郢; d. 458 B.C.), son of the famous Goujian (句踐) who reigned from 496–465 B.C. as the King of the Kingdom of Yue, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the start of the Warring States Period. His reign coincided with the last major conflict of this period, a struggle between the King’s state of Yue and Wu. After his death, Luying ruled as the King of Yue from 463–458 B.C.

此剑归属越王勾践之子鹿郢，勾践于公元前496-465年间称帝，于春秋末期战国早期成为越国的首领，平息吴越争霸。勾践逝世之后，鹿郢于公元前463-358年期间统治越国。

 

Compare a similar sword illustrated in ‘Selected Bronzes in the Collection of the Poly Art Museum’, Beijing, 1999, p. 269 B.

 

参照另一青铜剑，出自1999年《保利艺术博物馆藏青铜器精选》第269 B

 

With six inscriptions

戉 ( 越 ) 王 者 ( 諸 ) 旨 ( 稽 ) 于 赐

 

六字铭文

戉 ( 越 ) 王 者 ( 諸 ) 旨 ( 稽 ) 于 赐

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