LATE SHANG DYNASTY
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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD LIBATION WINE VESSEL, JUE
late shang dynasty
The body cast with a leiwen band between simple raised lines and set to one side with an ox-head handle, the rim forming to one side a U-shaped spout and to the other a pointed flange divided by two posts with conical terminals, one with an impressed pictogram, standing on three long blade-shaped legs, the pale olive and grey patination with mainly cuprite encrustation
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
late shang dynasty
The body cast with a leiwen band between simple raised lines and set to one side with an ox-head handle, the rim forming to one side a U-shaped spout and to the other a pointed flange divided by two posts with conical terminals, one with an impressed pictogram, standing on three long blade-shaped legs, the pale olive and grey patination with mainly cuprite encrustation
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high