Lot Essay
See the gui with square pendant lugs in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated in the Catalogue, vol. 1, pl. 65
EARLY BRONZES
THE PROPERTY OF MRS. JOHN SCHORSCHER
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THE PROPERTY OF MRS. JOHN SCHORSCHER
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TWO-HANDLED CIRCULAR FOOD VESSEL, GUI LATE SHANG/EARLY ZHOU DYNASTY
Cast with a pair of looped lug handles issuing from horned animal heads and supported on a waisted conforming foot, decorated with a band of stylized taotie masks, similarly repeated below the upper rim, divided by further solitary animal masks at the front and back, the center of the interior with a pictogram, the surface of the metal with areas of light green encrustation - width across handles 10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm.)
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TWO-HANDLED CIRCULAR FOOD VESSEL, GUI LATE SHANG/EARLY ZHOU DYNASTY
Cast with a pair of looped lug handles issuing from horned animal heads and supported on a waisted conforming foot, decorated with a band of stylized taotie masks, similarly repeated below the upper rim, divided by further solitary animal masks at the front and back, the center of the interior with a pictogram, the surface of the metal with areas of light green encrustation - width across handles 10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm.)