A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
Property from an Important American Collection 
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU

SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC

細節
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped neck cast in low relief with four blades, the center section with two taotie masks centered on and separated by notched flanges which are repeated on the spreading pedestal foot decorated with two larger taotie masks with large ears below a narrow band of small serpents, with mottled patina and some green encrustation
10½ in. (20.6 cm.) high
來源
Colonel Lewis F. Acker, American collection formed 1945-47.
Acquired 5 January 1970.