A rare archaic bronze ritual food vessel (Gui)Late Shang dynasty商末 戈簋 well cast with the deep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a flared rim, flanked by a pair of upturned U-shaped handles, the exterior finely decorated under the rim with a band of formalized kuilong alternating with whorled medallions, the foot further encircled by a band of three taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, the interior cast with a single-character inscription reading ge, the surface with malachite encrustation銘文：戈 Width 14 ¾ in., 37.5 cm
A rare archaic bronze ritual food vessel (Gui)Late Shang dynasty商末 戈簋 well cast with the deep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a flared rim, flanked by a pair of upturned U-shaped handles, the exterior finely decorated under the rim with a band of formalized kuilong alternating with whorled medallions, the foot further encircled by a band of three taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, the interior cast with a single-character inscription reading ge, the surface with malachite encrustation銘文：戈 Width 14 ¾ in., 37.5 cm
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