A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC The pear-shaped body is of circular section, and is crisply cast in high relief on each side with an animal mask flanked by two pairs of birds with long crests trailing from their backward-turned heads on a leiwen band between narrow raised borders and above a bow-string band. The patina is of mottled green and grey color and there is extensive malachite and azurite encrustation. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, two Japanese wood boxes, one with an inscription by Zoroku (1898-1984) dated to 1929, wood stand
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC The pear-shaped body is of circular section, and is crisply cast in high relief on each side with an animal mask flanked by two pairs of birds with long crests trailing from their backward-turned heads on a leiwen band between narrow raised borders and above a bow-string band. The patina is of mottled green and grey color and there is extensive malachite and azurite encrustation. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, two Japanese wood boxes, one with an inscription by Zoroku (1898-1984) dated to 1929, wood stand
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