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PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE HARTMAN
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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, JIA Compare the very similar bronze jia in the collection of the Shanghai
Shang Dynasty Museum, illustrated in Compendium of Chinese Bronze, Vol. 1, Xia and
The trilobed body supported by three pointy triangular feet, the tall Shang, Dongguan, 1996, pp.96-97, no.97, with description on p.29
straight neck rising to a flaring mouth, a pair of mushroom-shaped where the museum curator, Zhou Ya, notes: 'The bold decoration of
finials opposite to the handle connecting the rim and the body, finely 'monster mask' with bulging eyes is typical of mid-Shang decoration.
cast with three sets of large taotie masks on the body and a band of The elegant shape and elaborate design of this mid-Shang example is
three taotie masks between ring borders on the neck, the dark gray the only one recorded.'
metal with malachite and earth encrustations inside and out.
12 1/4in (31cm) high X-radiography of this lot is available upon request.
$8,000 - 12,000
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