AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, GU LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC of slender waisted form rising to a trumpet like neck, crisply cast around the central bulb with descending kui dragons with raised eyes divided by notched flanges between bowstring bands, the splayed foot raised on a low footring decorated with birds divided by further flanges, all against a ground of intricate leiwen, the greenish-brown patina with light malachite encrustation, a two-character inscription on interior of foot reading Ya Huo, Japanese wood box Quantity: 2 29 cm, 11 3/8 in.
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, GU LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC of slender waisted form rising to a trumpet like neck, crisply cast around the central bulb with descending kui dragons with raised eyes divided by notched flanges between bowstring bands, the splayed foot raised on a low footring decorated with birds divided by further flanges, all against a ground of intricate leiwen, the greenish-brown patina with light malachite encrustation, a two-character inscription on interior of foot reading Ya Huo, Japanese wood box Quantity: 2 29 cm, 11 3/8 in.
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