LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

細節

A Bronze Tripod Wine Vessel, Jia
Late Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC
Raised on three tapering blade supports, the body and base of the flared neck cast with a band of taotie masks with raised eyes centered on narrow flanges, with a simple loop handle projecting from one side and a pair of capped posts rising from the rim
9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) high

來源

The Estate of Maxwell Brandwen.

拍品專文

Compare the larger jia of similar type and the same profile, but with larger and heavier posts at the rim and somewhat different flat-cast taotie bands, from Hebei Gaocheng Taixicun, illustrated by R.W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur Mr. Sackler Collections, Washington, D.C., 1987, p. 151, fig. 2.5.