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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
The tall vessel has a plain trumpet-shaped upper body, a center section flat-cast with two taotie masks centered on narrow flanges and set between double bowstring borders, and a spreading foot cast with four panels, each with a standing bird with raised taloned foot and large eye shown in profile facing left.
11 5/8 in.(29.5 cm.) high
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
The tall vessel has a plain trumpet-shaped upper body, a center section flat-cast with two taotie masks centered on narrow flanges and set between double bowstring borders, and a spreading foot cast with four panels, each with a standing bird with raised taloned foot and large eye shown in profile facing left.
11 5/8 in.(29.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Chester Dale and Dolly Carter Collection.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, acquired before 1968.
Else Sackler Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, acquired before 1968.
Else Sackler Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
R. Poor, Bronze Ritual Vessels of Ancient China, Intercultural Arts Press, New York, 1968.
E. von Erdberg, Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Chester Dale and Dolly Carter, 1978, no. 70 (mistakenly described as lost).
R.W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987, pp. 256-57, no. 39.
E. von Erdberg, Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Chester Dale and Dolly Carter, 1978, no. 70 (mistakenly described as lost).
R.W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987, pp. 256-57, no. 39.
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