Lot 52
52
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD LIBATION WINE VESSEL, JUE

SHANG DYNASTY

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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD LIBATION WINE VESSEL, JUE
shang dynasty
The deep cup raised on blade-like legs, finely cast around the body with raised bosses on a leiwen ground forming dissolved taotie flanking vertical flanges, one side with a loop handle issuing fom a bovine mask, an incription under the handle, the rim with two posts with conical finials cast with whorl patterns, the bronze with a rich dark patina and areas of malachite encrustation, one leg and post extremity restored
8in. (20cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

Compare with the similar vessels illustrated by Rawson and Bunker, Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 1990, p.70, no.5; in Henan Chutu Shang Zhou Qingtong Qi, vol.I, 1981, no.239; in Yinxu Qingtongqi, 1985, fig.71, excavated from the Yinxu tombs dated to period II at Anyang; and by Sullivan in the Barlow Collection Catalogue, pl.147a.

Comparable vessels were sold in these Rooms, 11 December 1989, lot 181; 6 December 1993, lot 1; and in London, 14 April 1970, lot 17.

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