SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
Crisply cast on the spreading foot and narrow waist with two taotie masks centered and divided by four notched flanges, the two sections separated by two bow-string bands interrupted by three reticulated cross-shaped apertures, beneath a narrow band of leiwen and four tall upright blades rising to the flared rim, with some malachite encrustation and milky blue patina
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1991.
The Tsui Museum of Art.

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Lot Essay

A gu of similar proportions and with similar cast decoration, in the Henan Provincial Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 4 - Shang (4), Beijing, 1998, p. 67, no. 69. See, also, the gu of slightly smaller size (26 cm.) with similar cast decoration, from the Sze Yuan Tang Collection, and formerly in the Mount Trust Collection, sold in these rooms, 16 September 2010, lot 803.

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