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 is flat-cast with four upright blades rising from a band of four snakes, and the middle section and spreading foot with taotie masks divided and separated by narrow notched flanges, those on the foot below pairs of confronted birds, all on a leiwen ground and filled with leiwen . A single graph is cast on the interior of the foot. The bronze has a mottled green patina. 11 5/8 in. (30 cm.) high
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 is flat-cast with four upright blades rising from a band of four snakes, and the middle section and spreading foot with taotie masks divided and separated by narrow notched flanges, those on the foot below pairs of confronted birds, all on a leiwen ground and filled with leiwen . A single graph is cast on the interior of the foot. The bronze has a mottled green patina. 11 5/8 in. (30 cm.) high
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