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A Bronze Tripod Libation Vessel, Jue
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, LATE ANYANG PERIOD, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
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A Bronze Tripod Libation Vessel, Jue
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, 12th-11th century BC
The deep U-shaped body raised on three blade-form supports, finely cast in low relief with a central band decorated with two taotie masks, one centered on the curved handle issuing from a bovine mask, all reserved on a leiwen ground below leiwen-decorated blades rising towards the rim from which rise two capped posts, with mottled pale green patina and some green encrustation
7¾in. (19.7cm.) high
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, 12th-11th century BC
The deep U-shaped body raised on three blade-form supports, finely cast in low relief with a central band decorated with two taotie masks, one centered on the curved handle issuing from a bovine mask, all reserved on a leiwen ground below leiwen-decorated blades rising towards the rim from which rise two capped posts, with mottled pale green patina and some green encrustation
7¾in. (19.7cm.) high