A BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC Raised on three blade-form supports, the deep body crisply cast with two large taotie masks separated by flanges, one centered on another notched flange, the other on two graphs positioned beneath the loop handle issuing from a mask, below a row of upright blades that rise towards the rim, all on leiwen grounds, the rim set with two rectangular posts surmounted by domed caps, the olive-green patina with some patches of malachite encrustation 8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
A BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC Raised on three blade-form supports, the deep body crisply cast with two large taotie masks separated by flanges, one centered on another notched flange, the other on two graphs positioned beneath the loop handle issuing from a mask, below a row of upright blades that rise towards the rim, all on leiwen grounds, the rim set with two rectangular posts surmounted by domed caps, the olive-green patina with some patches of malachite encrustation 8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
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