THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD LIBATION VESSEL, JUE
SHANG DYNASTY
Details
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD LIBATION VESSEL, JUE
shang dynasty
The body supported on blade-like legs and the upper half cast with two bands of taotie, an animal-head loop handle at one side concealing two impressed pictograms, the vertical posts with sword-hilt terminals, with dark patina and malachite encrustation, one terminal and part of the spout restuck
8½in. (21.5cm.) high
shang dynasty
The body supported on blade-like legs and the upper half cast with two bands of taotie, an animal-head loop handle at one side concealing two impressed pictograms, the vertical posts with sword-hilt terminals, with dark patina and malachite encrustation, one terminal and part of the spout restuck
8½in. (21.5cm.) high
Provenance
S.Schuette, Cologne