A RARE GROUP OF ELEVEN ORACLE BONES WITH INSCRIPTIONS, SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC

A RARE GROUP OF ELEVEN ORACLE BONES WITH INSCRIPTIONS
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
商 公元前十三至十一世紀 甲骨刻辭一組十一片

of varied sizes and forms, all finely incised with characters recording pyromantic divinations, some with T-shaped cracks forming the zhao (omen) for interpretation, some with carved hollows and burnt marks on the reverse, fitted box (12)

字：
父 二 不玄冥 一 二 三告 □ □
自㱿 三
止□ 入
壬辰卜 行 貞 王戠 亡 亡
子卜 王 己亥卜
西
㞢 父乙 癸亡 一 二告
亥卜 天 翼 □ 啟 子 其 魚 之 三
亡拇 □亡
五 一 五
丁卯卜 王 五 丁卯卜 王 丁卯卜 王 丁卯卜 王 丁卯卜 王 丁卯卜 王 在四

Length of the longest 7⅞ in., 20 cm

Condition Report:
All the oracle bones are in general good condition, considering their age and type. The one at the top right in the catalogue illustration has a small section to one end reattached, and the one at the center of the illustration has a restored break, with some associated small losses.

以年代久遠及品類來說，整體品相良好。圖錄照片右上方件有一小部分經重新粘黏，中間的原有裂經修，連帶有小失。

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Provenance:
Collection of Victor (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge, acquired between the 1940s and 1970s, and thence by descent.

來源

Victor (1919-2013) 及 Takako (1923-2015) Hauge 伉儷收藏，購於1940年代至1970年代之間，此後家族傳承