A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC Raised on three blade-shaped supports, the deep body flat-cast with a band comprising two taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, one mask divided by a single-character inscription cast beneath the C-shaped handle which is surmounted by a bovine mask, with a pair of posts with whorl-cast conical caps rising from the rim, the smooth mottled olive-green and blackish patina with areas of blue-green encrustation 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC Raised on three blade-shaped supports, the deep body flat-cast with a band comprising two taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, one mask divided by a single-character inscription cast beneath the C-shaped handle which is surmounted by a bovine mask, with a pair of posts with whorl-cast conical caps rising from the rim, the smooth mottled olive-green and blackish patina with areas of blue-green encrustation 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
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