A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, NV MU YOU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, NV MU YOU LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The vessel of oval section has a pair of loops attached to the rope-twist handle, and is decorated on each side with a pair of kui dragons confronted on an animal mask, all reserved on a leiwen ground-band set between two rows of circles. The cover is similarly decorated beneath a segmented finial. Both the interior of the vessel and the cover are cast with a six-character inscription, reading nv mu zuo fu ji yi . The surface has light malachite and cuprite encrustation. 11 ¼ in. (28.8 cm.) high
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, NV MU YOU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, NV MU YOU LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The vessel of oval section has a pair of loops attached to the rope-twist handle, and is decorated on each side with a pair of kui dragons confronted on an animal mask, all reserved on a leiwen ground-band set between two rows of circles. The cover is similarly decorated beneath a segmented finial. Both the interior of the vessel and the cover are cast with a six-character inscription, reading nv mu zuo fu ji yi . The surface has light malachite and cuprite encrustation. 11 ¼ in. (28.8 cm.) high
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