A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks divided by narrow flanges against a leiwen ground, one mask is further divided by a flange, while the other divided by the handle emerging from a bovine mask with a two-character inscription hui gui cast underneath. A pair of posts with waisted caps decorated with a band of cloud whorls below double raised bands rise from the mouth rim. The bronze has a mottled, milky green patina with malachite encrustation. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high Provenance Rong Hou (1875-1945) Dr Robert Heilbroner (1919-2005), New York, 1960s H J Lowenthal, no. 110
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks divided by narrow flanges against a leiwen ground, one mask is further divided by a flange, while the other divided by the handle emerging from a bovine mask with a two-character inscription hui gui cast underneath. A pair of posts with waisted caps decorated with a band of cloud whorls below double raised bands rise from the mouth rim. The bronze has a mottled, milky green patina with malachite encrustation. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high Provenance Rong Hou (1875-1945) Dr Robert Heilbroner (1919-2005), New York, 1960s H J Lowenthal, no. 110
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