A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN Late Shang/Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 12th-11th century BC The broad vessel finely cast around the exterior in medium and shallow relief with three registers of decoration, the spreading base and central section with two taotie masks, the flaring neck with upright 'cicada' panels enclosing animal scrolls, all raised on a finely cast leiwen ground and divided by four vertical flanges extending beyond the broad rim and cast on each side with unusual 'C'-scrolls, the bronze with an even pale green malachite patina, the interior of the mouth cast with a pictogram 9 3/8 in. (23.5 cm.) high
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN Late Shang/Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 12th-11th century BC The broad vessel finely cast around the exterior in medium and shallow relief with three registers of decoration, the spreading base and central section with two taotie masks, the flaring neck with upright 'cicada' panels enclosing animal scrolls, all raised on a finely cast leiwen ground and divided by four vertical flanges extending beyond the broad rim and cast on each side with unusual 'C'-scrolls, the bronze with an even pale green malachite patina, the interior of the mouth cast with a pictogram 9 3/8 in. (23.5 cm.) high
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