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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC PROVENANCE
COLLECTION
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 17th March 1947.
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
VESSEL (JUE)
$ 40,000-60,000
LATE SHANG DYNASTY
⓮㛓ġġġġġġ㬊䇞彃䇝
the deep U-shaped body rising from three
splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim 所㔯烉ġ
opposite a guttered spout ß anked by a pair of ġġġ㬊䇞彃
posts capped with conical Þ nials, the exterior
Ը๕
cast with two taotie masks with bulging eyes
NagataniĭġIncį炻剅≈⒍炻1947⸜3㚰17㖍
beneath a band of upright cicada lappets,
one side set with a loop handle issuing from a ⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
bovine mask, enclosing an inscription reading
X zhi fu xin, the surface oxidized with areas of
malachite encrustations
Height 8 ¾ in., 22.2 cm
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