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           ਠ   ڡ         AN INSCRIBED ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU,
               ზ         SHANG DYNASTY
               ጳ         of slender waisted form supported on a tall footring, cast around the mid-section and splayed foot with pairs of zoomorphic masks

               ⋧         centred by notched flanges against a leiwen ground, the registers divided by double bowstrings with two cruciform motifs, all below
                         a tall trumpet neck decorated with a band of angular serpents and four blades enclosing leiwen pattern, cast to the inside of the base
                         with a single character reading xing
                         h. 29.7 cm

                         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         Collection of Rafi Y. Mottahedeh (1901-78), New York.   Rafi Y. Mottahedeh€1901-78ϋϗᔛdॲߒ
                         J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2nd August 1991.    ᔝଣઠdॲߒd1991ϋ8˜2˚
                         HK$ 400,000-600,000
                         US$ 51,000-76,500




















































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