《保卣》是上海博物馆所收藏西周铜器中的宝器之一。据陈梦家先生说,此器一九五○年或稍前出土于洛阳,一九五一年已归入上海市文管会。《保卣》铭文在陈氏著《西周铜器断代(一)》上第一次发表以后,很快就引起(中国)国内外学术界的注意,已有不少学者作过详细的考释和讨论。通过这些考释,器的历史背景以及铭文的难读之处,多半 “Paul 卣” is one of the bronze wares in the collection of Western Zhou Museum in Shanghai Museum. According to Mr. Chen, the device was unearthed in Luoyang in 1950 or earlier, and was classified as the Shanghai Municipality in 1951. After the first publication of Chen Poet’s “The Western Zhou Dynasty Bronze Age (Ⅰ)”, the inscription “Bao” quickly attracted the attention of (China) academics at home and abroad. Many scholars have made detailed explanations and discuss. Through these tests, the historical background of the device and the inscriptions difficult to read, mostly