AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD POURING VESSEL, jue , the deep cup raised on blade-like legs and finely cast around the body with raised bosses on a leiwen ground forming dissolved taotie flanking vertical flanges, one side with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, an inscription below the handle, the rim with two posts with conical finials cast with whorl-patterns, the bronze with a rich dark green patina and areas of malachite encrustation (spout tip restored), Shang Dynasty 18cm. high
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD POURING VESSEL, jue , the deep cup raised on blade-like legs and finely cast around the body with raised bosses on a leiwen ground forming dissolved taotie flanking vertical flanges, one side with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, an inscription below the handle, the rim with two posts with conical finials cast with whorl-patterns, the bronze with a rich dark green patina and areas of malachite encrustation (spout tip restored), Shang Dynasty 18cm. high
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