Lot Essay
The inscription cast under the handle consists of a figure of a dog set within a ya.
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PROPERTY FROM THE C. PHILIP CARDEIRO COLLECTION
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks formed by pairs of addorsed birds, one mask is centered by a narrow flange, the other by an inscription cast under the handle. A pair of capped posts decorated with whorls rise from the rim. The bronze has a mottled, milky green patina with some malachite and azurite encrustation.
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks formed by pairs of addorsed birds, one mask is centered by a narrow flange, the other by an inscription cast under the handle. A pair of capped posts decorated with whorls rise from the rim. The bronze has a mottled, milky green patina with some malachite and azurite encrustation.
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
The Collection of Marjorie Bissinger, San Francisco, acquired 1950s-90s.
Bonham's San Francisco, 27 June 2000, lot 3397.
Bonham's San Francisco, 27 June 2000, lot 3397.
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