AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (GU) SHANG DYNASTY of tall slender waisted form, the trumpet neck flaring to a wide mouth, finely cast with four tapering blades extending to the rim, each containing a disjointed taotie mask above a narrow band of confronted serpent motifs, the central section cast with two horned taotie masks bisected by notched flanges all reserved in relief on a leiwen ground, the gently spreading foot similarly decorated below a narrow band of confronted horned mythical beasts below a raised bow string border with two cruciform apertures, the patina of an overall silver-green with some encrustation, a single shield-shaped pictogram inside the foot, Japanese wood box (3) Height 12 7/8 in., 32.6 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, May 1981.
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (GU) SHANG DYNASTY of tall slender waisted form, the trumpet neck flaring to a wide mouth, finely cast with four tapering blades extending to the rim, each containing a disjointed taotie mask above a narrow band of confronted serpent motifs, the central section cast with two horned taotie masks bisected by notched flanges all reserved in relief on a leiwen ground, the gently spreading foot similarly decorated below a narrow band of confronted horned mythical beasts below a raised bow string border with two cruciform apertures, the patina of an overall silver-green with some encrustation, a single shield-shaped pictogram inside the foot, Japanese wood box (3) Height 12 7/8 in., 32.6 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, May 1981.
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