A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The body, of S-curved profile, is raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a taotie band, and is cast in low relief with a band of vertical ribs below a band of alternating 'star' and whorl motifs centered on two sides by a small mask cast in relief, and interrupted on the other two sides by a pair of loop handles with pendant tabs issuing from bovine masks. The patina is dark silvery grey and there is mottled milky-green and malachite encrustation.
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) across handles, two Japanese wood boxes, silk bag
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The body, of S-curved profile, is raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a taotie band, and is cast in low relief with a band of vertical ribs below a band of alternating 'star' and whorl motifs centered on two sides by a small mask cast in relief, and interrupted on the other two sides by a pair of loop handles with pendant tabs issuing from bovine masks. The patina is dark silvery grey and there is mottled milky-green and malachite encrustation.
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) across handles, two Japanese wood boxes, silk bag
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