AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE SHANG DYNASTY supported on three splayed legs, the deep U-shaped body with long channelled spout opposite a raised pointed rim, crisply cast around the exterior in low relief with a taotie mask band divided to one side by a vertical flange and to the other with loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, the rim set with a pair of rectangular posts capped by conical finials decorated with whorl patters, cast with two pictograms below the handle, the metal patinated to a dark brownish-grey tone with light patches of malachite encrustation, wood stand Quantity: 2 20.6cm., 8 1/8 in.
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE SHANG DYNASTY supported on three splayed legs, the deep U-shaped body with long channelled spout opposite a raised pointed rim, crisply cast around the exterior in low relief with a taotie mask band divided to one side by a vertical flange and to the other with loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, the rim set with a pair of rectangular posts capped by conical finials decorated with whorl patters, cast with two pictograms below the handle, the metal patinated to a dark brownish-grey tone with light patches of malachite encrustation, wood stand Quantity: 2 20.6cm., 8 1/8 in.
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