VERSEUSE TRIPODE EN BRONZE, JUE
VERSEUSE TRIPODE EN BRONZE, JUE

CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE SHANG (1600-1027 AV.JC)

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VERSEUSE TRIPODE EN BRONZE, JUE
CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE SHANG (1600-1027 AV.JC)
Reposant sur trois pieds en forme de lames, la panse ornée d'un registre de motifs géométriques archaïsants et masque de taotie, l'un des côtés rehaussé d'une anse, le bec verseur surmonté par un appendice, la bordure opposée formant une pointe ; traces d'oxydation verte
Hauteur: 17,8 cm. (7 in.)
Provenance
Acquired in the Hong Kong art market in the late 1990's.
Further details
A BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
CHINA, EARLY SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1027 BC)

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Lot Essay

Compare the early Shang dynasty jue of this type, with similarly cast taotie mask design, illustrated by Chen Peifen,"Animal Mask Designs on Shang and Zhou Bronzes", Orientations, February 1991, pp. 41-7, fig. 1 and fig. 1a and 1b (rubbings of decoration).
See a comparable example sold in our New York Rooms, 15 September 2011 - 16 September 2011, lot 1134

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