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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BRONZE
RITUAL OWL-FORM WINE VESSEL
AND COVER, XIAO YOU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH – 11TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is powerfully cast in the form of two addorsed
owls with rounded bodies and supported on four stout
legs with gently splayed feet. The sides are finely cast
in high-relief with curling serpents gathering at the
chest on either side and separated by raised flanges. The
shoulders are applied with loops suspending the domed
handle, decorated with an intricate animal mask at each
end. The gently domed cover is finely cast in high relief
at each end as the head of an owl with upturned beaks
and bulging eyes, all divided into four sections by raised
flanges and surmounted by a bud-shaped finial.
7º in. (18.5 cm.) high with handle, 5¿ in. (13 cm.)
across, box
HK$7,000,000-9,000,000
US$910,000-1,200,000
PROVENANCE
Chang Wei Hwa & Company, Taipei, 12 December
1993
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of
a thermoluminescence test, conducted by Oxford
Authentication Ltd, sample No. C119c88, 28 March 2019.

晚商 青銅鴞卣
來源
雲中居，台北，1993 年 12 月 12 日
亞洲私人珍藏

此器經牛津熱釋光測年法檢測（測試編號 C119c88），
證實與本圖錄之定年符合。

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