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Auction archive: Lot number 126

A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA

Auction 01.12.1994
1 Dec 1994
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$20,700
Auction archive: Lot number 126

A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA

Auction 01.12.1994
1 Dec 1994
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$20,700
Beschreibung:

A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA LATE SHANG DYNASTY The body raised on three tall blade supports and cast in shallow relief with three taotie masks, each centered on a slender flange and reserved on a leiwen ground, below two bowstring bands encircling the wide neck below the flared mouth rim, the loop handle projecting from one side surmounted by a buffalo mask, and the pair of posts rising from the rim with cap finials cast with a whorl pattern of commas decorated with scales, with a single graph pictogram cast in the base of the interior, malachite encrustation--14 1/8in. (35.5cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 126
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JIA LATE SHANG DYNASTY The body raised on three tall blade supports and cast in shallow relief with three taotie masks, each centered on a slender flange and reserved on a leiwen ground, below two bowstring bands encircling the wide neck below the flared mouth rim, the loop handle projecting from one side surmounted by a buffalo mask, and the pair of posts rising from the rim with cap finials cast with a whorl pattern of commas decorated with scales, with a single graph pictogram cast in the base of the interior, malachite encrustation--14 1/8in. (35.5cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 126
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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