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SHANG DYNASTY (C.1600-C.1100 BC)
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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY (c.1600-c.1100 BC)
Of slender form, the spreading base cast with two taotie masks divided by vertical notched flanges, below two raised bands, the central section similarly decorated with taotie and flanges, the flaring neck with a band of leiwen-filled upright leaf panels, the mottled blue-green patina with some azurite and malachite encrustation
10 in. (25.3 cm.) high
SHANG DYNASTY (c.1600-c.1100 BC)
Of slender form, the spreading base cast with two taotie masks divided by vertical notched flanges, below two raised bands, the central section similarly decorated with taotie and flanges, the flaring neck with a band of leiwen-filled upright leaf panels, the mottled blue-green patina with some azurite and malachite encrustation
10 in. (25.3 cm.) high
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