AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, GULATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH – 11TH CENTURY BC商末公元前十二至十一世紀 青銅獸面紋出戟亞牛丁觚《亞牛丁觚》銘 the elegantly curved slender vessel resting on a tall foot-ring, crisply cast on the middle and lower sections with fine zoomorphic masks with prominent eyes, ears, horns centred on notched flanges, against a ground of intricate leiwen spiral, all below the tall trumpet neck decorated with shield blades filled with further masks rising from a band of angular serpents, the inner foot with an inscription probably reading Ya niu ding gu, the inner foot with an inscription probably reading Ya ding gu, wood stand and Japanese wood box32 cm, 12 ½ in.
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, GULATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH – 11TH CENTURY BC商末公元前十二至十一世紀 青銅獸面紋出戟亞牛丁觚《亞牛丁觚》銘 the elegantly curved slender vessel resting on a tall foot-ring, crisply cast on the middle and lower sections with fine zoomorphic masks with prominent eyes, ears, horns centred on notched flanges, against a ground of intricate leiwen spiral, all below the tall trumpet neck decorated with shield blades filled with further masks rising from a band of angular serpents, the inner foot with an inscription probably reading Ya niu ding gu, the inner foot with an inscription probably reading Ya ding gu, wood stand and Japanese wood box32 cm, 12 ½ in.
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