AN ARCHAIC BRONZE LIBATION VESSEL, JUE

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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE LIBATION VESSEL, JUE
SHANG DYNASTY, ERLIGANG PHASE

Of flattened oval shape, the body cast with a band of taotie masks divided by a simple vertical handle to one side below the long pouring spout with mushroom finials and V-shaped rim, standing on three slightly flaring legs, areas of malachite encrustations, some restorations--6 13/16in. (17.3cm.) high

拍品專文

Compare the similar vessel included in the exhibition, Treasures from the Shanghai Museum, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 1983, illustrated by d'Argencé in the Catalogue, pl. V, Bronze, no. 14 and another illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual, London, 1987, no. 1