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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI Two bronze jue of this type, with a plain body decorated with bow-string
2004 bands, are illustrated by Robert W. Bagley in Shang Ritual Bronzes in the
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987,
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC pp. 190-93, nos. 16 and 17, where the author, p. 193, notes that jue of
this type were cast not only in pre-Anyang times but also throughout the
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports and the sides are Anyang period. Bagley also proposes that jue with long legs and a compact
cast with three bow-string bands interrupted by an inscription under body, characteristics seen in the present vessel, would date to the earlier
the handle. A pair of capped posts decorated with whorls rise from half of the period.
the rim. The bronze has a dark reddish-brown patina with some
malachite and azurite encrustation. 晚商 青銅弦紋爵
7Ω in. (19 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection,
New York, and thence by descent within the family.
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