A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The trumpet-shaped neck cast with four scroll-filled blades rising from a narrow band of cicadas, the middle section with two taotie masks and the spreading foot also with two taotie masks below a band of confronted birds, the masks divided and separated by narrow notched flanges, with an inscription on the interior of the foot, with mottled pale green patina and areas of malachite green encrustation 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, wood stand
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The trumpet-shaped neck cast with four scroll-filled blades rising from a narrow band of cicadas, the middle section with two taotie masks and the spreading foot also with two taotie masks below a band of confronted birds, the masks divided and separated by narrow notched flanges, with an inscription on the interior of the foot, with mottled pale green patina and areas of malachite green encrustation 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, wood stand
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