A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC The vessel has a plain, trumpet-shaped neck above a center section bordered by double bow-string lines and cast with two taotie masks composed of fine tight scrolls and centered on narrow flanges above a scroll border and two further large, similarly cast taotie masks on the spreading foot, which is cast on the interior with a single graph, of dog shape. The bronze has a mottled pale blue-green and brown patina and areas of malachite and azurite encrustation. 9½ in. (24 cm.) high
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC The vessel has a plain, trumpet-shaped neck above a center section bordered by double bow-string lines and cast with two taotie masks composed of fine tight scrolls and centered on narrow flanges above a scroll border and two further large, similarly cast taotie masks on the spreading foot, which is cast on the interior with a single graph, of dog shape. The bronze has a mottled pale blue-green and brown patina and areas of malachite and azurite encrustation. 9½ in. (24 cm.) high
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