.jpg?w=1)
SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
The slender vessel is cast to the mid-section and lower body with taotie masks on a dense leiwen ground, separated by scored vertical flanges. The upper section is decorated with four stylised cicada blades rising upwards towards the flaring neck. The surface is of a pale greyish-green tone with milky-green malachite encrustations.
10 ¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
The slender vessel is cast to the mid-section and lower body with taotie masks on a dense leiwen ground, separated by scored vertical flanges. The upper section is decorated with four stylised cicada blades rising upwards towards the flaring neck. The surface is of a pale greyish-green tone with milky-green malachite encrustations.
10 ¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 8-9 July 1974, lot 3.
Sotheby's London, 8 July 1975, lot 10.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within the family.
Sotheby's London, 8 July 1975, lot 10.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within the family.
Brought to you by
Samantha Yuen