拍品 238
238
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
EARLY BRONZES PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHARLES V. SWAIN
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN

SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The bulbous mid-section flat-cast with a dense pattern of two taotie masks centered on a plain central flange and flanked by descending dragons, between narrow bands of circles and repeated on the spreading pedestal foot, with mottled pale milky-green patina
11 in. (28 cm.) high

拍品專文

Compare the zun with similar decoration from the collection of C. T. Loo illustrated by B. Karlgren, 'Marginalia on Some Bronze Albums', B.M.F.E.A., No. 32, Stockholm, 1969, pl. 18b. Another similar zun found at Shaanxi Yo Xian Ximenwai Dingjiagou, dated early Western Zhou, is illustrated by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington DC, 1987, p. 546, fig. 78.1. See, also, the zun sold in these rooms, 25 March 1998, lot 37.