Lot Essay
Compare the larger pou of similar type, with a similar main frieze between circle borders and with similar abstract dragon panels on the shoulder and foot illustrated by R.W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington D.C. and Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1987, pp. 314-5, no. 51.