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A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
細節
A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Raised on three blade-form supports, the sides cast with a band comprising two taotie masks with rounded rectangular eyes centered on and separated by notched flanges, below a band of small blades with cicada and two large scroll-filled blades rising up under the spout and the opposite end, with a curved handle which issues from a bovine mask beneath capped posts rising from the rim, with overall mottled dark grey and pale green patina
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, two wood stands, Japanese wood box
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Raised on three blade-form supports, the sides cast with a band comprising two taotie masks with rounded rectangular eyes centered on and separated by notched flanges, below a band of small blades with cicada and two large scroll-filled blades rising up under the spout and the opposite end, with a curved handle which issues from a bovine mask beneath capped posts rising from the rim, with overall mottled dark grey and pale green patina
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, two wood stands, Japanese wood box
來源
Private Japanese collection, acquired in the 1970s.