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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN
COLLECTION
805
THE RAN FU BIN HE
A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE
RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND
COVER, HE
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU
DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The pear-shaped body is subtly lobed and flat-
cast above each leg with a large bovine-like
taotie mask with large rounded eyes reserved
on a ground of leiwen. Two masks are centered
by low flanges cast with chevron patterns,
the third by a three-character inscription cast
below the C-shaped handle surmounted by a
bovine mask. The neck is cast with a dragon
band between the top of the handle and the
diagonally upright spout. The domed cover is
cast below the finial with three inverted taotie
masks, and has a single link that attaches the
cover to the shoulder. The interior of the cover
is cast with the same inscription as on the
vessel. The bronze has a mottled grey and pale
green patina.
13 in. (33 cm.) high

$450,000-550,000
PROVENANCE:
Anthony Carter, London, 1998.

商晚期/西周早期 冉父丙盉
來源:
Anthony Carter，倫敦，1998年。