AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC Of pear shape and circular section, the neck encircled by a slightly raised band flat cast with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground, divided by narrow flanges and separated by a pair of small lug handles, raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a band of spiralled scrolls repeated in a narrower band at the rim of the conical cover below the conical finial cast with whorl motifs, with mottled pale green encrustation, the decoration with traces of black inlay 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY BC Of pear shape and circular section, the neck encircled by a slightly raised band flat cast with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground, divided by narrow flanges and separated by a pair of small lug handles, raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a band of spiralled scrolls repeated in a narrower band at the rim of the conical cover below the conical finial cast with whorl motifs, with mottled pale green encrustation, the decoration with traces of black inlay 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
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