THE TIE ZHU GU A VERY RARE AND FINELY CAST PAIR OF BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSELS LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC Each vessel is cast on the trumpet-form neck with four leiwen -filled blades rising from a band of S-shaped serpents. The middle section and spreading foot on either side are cast with the disconnected parts of a taotie , those on the foot below a band of kui dragons. All of the elements of the decoration are reserved on a fine leiwen ground, and divided by four vertical flanges, those on the neck extending beyond the mouth rim. Each is cast inside the foot with a composite clan sign. The bronze has a mottled green and reddish patina. 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high Provenance Sotheby's London, 19 July 1949, lot 97. The Mr. and Mrs. R.E.R. Luff Collection, London. Bluett and Sons, London, 1982.
THE TIE ZHU GU A VERY RARE AND FINELY CAST PAIR OF BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSELS LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC Each vessel is cast on the trumpet-form neck with four leiwen -filled blades rising from a band of S-shaped serpents. The middle section and spreading foot on either side are cast with the disconnected parts of a taotie , those on the foot below a band of kui dragons. All of the elements of the decoration are reserved on a fine leiwen ground, and divided by four vertical flanges, those on the neck extending beyond the mouth rim. Each is cast inside the foot with a composite clan sign. The bronze has a mottled green and reddish patina. 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high Provenance Sotheby's London, 19 July 1949, lot 97. The Mr. and Mrs. R.E.R. Luff Collection, London. Bluett and Sons, London, 1982.
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