拍品专文
The pictogram concealed by the handle reads fu, 'father', the other is probably da, 'great.'
The style of relief decoration on this jue can be classified among Max Loehr's Style III group of the Erligang phase, with significant emphasis on continuous texturing where the taotie pattern has dissolved in stark clarity; it is later Style III bronzes such as this one that have handles elaborated with a bovine head, as opposed to the plain strap handles. For contemporary examples see those illustrated by R.W. Bagley, op.cit., cf. in particular no.14, pp.186ff.
The style of relief decoration on this jue can be classified among Max Loehr's Style III group of the Erligang phase, with significant emphasis on continuous texturing where the taotie pattern has dissolved in stark clarity; it is later Style III bronzes such as this one that have handles elaborated with a bovine head, as opposed to the plain strap handles. For contemporary examples see those illustrated by R.W. Bagley, op.cit., cf. in particular no.14, pp.186ff.