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SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped upper section cast with four blades filled with leiwen above a band of serpents with angular arched bodies, the middle section with two taotie masks divided and separated by notched flanges repeated on the spreading lower section which is cast with a band of tigers shown in profile above two further taotie masks, with an inscription cast inside the foot
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, box
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped upper section cast with four blades filled with leiwen above a band of serpents with angular arched bodies, the middle section with two taotie masks divided and separated by notched flanges repeated on the spreading lower section which is cast with a band of tigers shown in profile above two further taotie masks, with an inscription cast inside the foot
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1990, lot 5.
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