A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC With plain, broad trumpet-shaped neck, the rounded middle section cast in relief on each side with a large taotie mask with large oblong eyes and flanked by hooked scrolls, the masks divided and separated by flanges repeated on the spreading foot between two pairs of confronted birds with hooked beaks, crests, taloned feet and long curled tails, all reserved on a bold leiwen ground with black inlay, the interior of the foot cast with a yaxing framing an inscription which is obscured by the milky green patina and pale malachite encrustation 10¼ in. (29 cm.) high, box
A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC With plain, broad trumpet-shaped neck, the rounded middle section cast in relief on each side with a large taotie mask with large oblong eyes and flanked by hooked scrolls, the masks divided and separated by flanges repeated on the spreading foot between two pairs of confronted birds with hooked beaks, crests, taloned feet and long curled tails, all reserved on a bold leiwen ground with black inlay, the interior of the foot cast with a yaxing framing an inscription which is obscured by the milky green patina and pale malachite encrustation 10¼ in. (29 cm.) high, box
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